how to say “surgery” in Hebrew
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נִתּוּחַ
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Surgery, as in a surgical operation, is נִתּוּחַ – whereas surgery in the abstract sense, is כִירוּרְגִּיָה – chirurgy transliterated.
– whereas surgery in the abstract sense, is כִירוּרְגִּיָה – chirurgy transliterated.So, we have:
הִיא עָבְרָה נִתּוּחַ.
She underwent surgery.
and
הוּא לָמַד כִירוּרְגִּיָה.
He studied surgery.
ניתוח is the abstract noun of the active-intensive verb לְנַתֵּחַ , whose root is נ.ת.ח (n.t.kh) meaning chunk. Suffice it to say that ניתוח sounds better in Hebrew than the imagery its root evokes to the eye.
, whose root is נ.ת.ח (n.t.kh) meaning chunk. Suffice it to say that ניתוח sounds better in Hebrew than the imagery its root evokes to the eye.לנתח also means to analyze or to take apart.
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