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In the UK at least a "doctors' surgery" is synonymous with a doctors' clinic, practice, or plain office - just a place where you'll find a concentration of gene
by verytrivial 9y ago
In the UK at least a "doctors' surgery" is synonymous with a doctors' clinic, practice, or plain office - just a place where you'll find a concentration of general practitioners.
- orblivion 9y agoNative American English speaker here - I don't think I've heard of this one.
- andrewl 9y agoIn Britain, a surgery is the doctor's office. The BBC has a short explanation: http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/09/if-a-british-doctor-invites-you-to-surgery-should-you-be-worried/2 http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/09/if-a-british-d...
- orblivion 9y agoEr, to be clear, I meant "Native speaker of American English".