in surgery

to be involved in surgery. (Can refer to a doctor, nurse, or patients.) Dr. Smith is in surgery now. The patient is still in surgery.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yuu	yoo:	Japanese
Isolda	i-ZOL-də (English), i-SOL-də (English)	Arthurian Romance
BehİYe	-	Turkish
Vasilija	-	Serbian, Macedonian
Kolleen	kah-LEEN	English (Rare)
Lashonda	-	African American