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
Frodo	FRO-do (English)	Literature
Neven	-	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Enlil	EN-lil	Near Eastern Mythology
ÁRpÁD	AHR-pahd	Hungarian
Ahtisaari	[ahtisari:]
Varya	-	Russian