surgery
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French surgerie, contracted form of cirurgie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgia), from χείρ (kheir, “hand”) + ἔργον (ergon, “work”).
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Noun[edit]
surgery (plural surgeries)
- (medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
- Many times surgery is necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
- (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
- A room or department where surgery is performed.
- I would discuss hospital policy to you more, but I’m wanted in surgery.
- (UK) A doctor's consulting room.
- I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to pick up my prescription.
- (UK) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, similar to a doctor's surgery.
- Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.
- (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
- (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
Synonyms[edit]
- (procedure): operation
- (room or department): operating room, operating theatre, theatre
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from surgery
Translations[edit]
procedure involving major incisions
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medical specialty
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room or department where surgery is performed
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doctor's consulting room
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any consulting room
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