surgery

English

Etymology

From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɝdʒəɹi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːdʒəɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

surgery (countable and uncountable, plural surgeries)

1. (medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

   Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

3. (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
4. A room or department where surgery is performed.
6. (British) A doctor's office.

   I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.

7. (British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.

   Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.

8. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
9. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.

Synonyms

• (procedure): operation, bright lights and cold steel (informal)
• (site of surgical operations): operating room, operating theatre, theatre, bright lights and cold steel (informal)
• (doctor's office): office (UK)

Hypernyms

• medical speciality

Hyponyms

• brain surgery
• bypass surgery
• meatball surgery
• neurosurgery
• remote surgery
• telesurgery

 

Derived terms

• microradiosurgery
• radiosurgery
• self-surgery
• surgeon
• surgical
• telesurgery

 

Translations

procedure involving major incisions

• Arabic: عَمَلِيَّة جِرَاحِيَّة f (ʿamaliyya jirāḥiyya), جِرَاحَة f (jirāḥa)
• Armenian: վիրահատություն (hy) (virahatutʻyun), օպերացիա (hy) (ōperacʻia)
• Asturian: operación f
• Bulgarian: операция (bg) f (operacija)
• Catalan: cirurgia (ca) f, operació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手術／手术 (zh) (shǒushù), 手术 (zh) (shǒushù)

• Czech: operace (cs) f, lékařský (cs) zákrok (cs) m, chirurgický (cs) zákrok (cs) m
• Dutch: operatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: operacio (eo)
• Finnish: leikkaus (fi), leikkaushoito (fi)
• French: chirurgie (fr) f, opération (fr) f
• Galician: operación (gl) f
• German: Chirurgie (de) f, Operation (de) f
• Greek: χειρουργείο (el) n (cheirourgeío)

  Ancient: χειρουργία f (kheirourgía)

• Hebrew: נִתּוּחַ (he) m (nittúaẖ)
• Hungarian: operáció (hu), műtét (hu)
• Ido: kirurgio (io)
• Indonesian: operasi (id), pembedahan (id)
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• Irish: cur faoi scian m, gnáthamh máinliachta m, obráid f
• Italian: chirurgia (it) f, operazione chirurgica f, intervento chirurgico (it) m
• Japanese: 手術 (ja) (shujutsu)
• Korean: 수술 (ko) (susul)
• Latin: chīrurgia f
• Malay: pembedahan (ms)
• Navajo: naʼagizh
• Norwegian: operasjon m
• Occitan: cirurgia (oc) f
• Polish: operacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: operação (pt) f, cirurgia (pt)
• Russian: опера́ция (ru) f (operácija)
• Sardinian: chirurgia f
• Spanish: operación (es) f, cirugía (es)
• Swedish: operation (sv) c
• Tagalog: palatistisan
• Telugu: శస్త్రచికిత్స (te) (śastracikitsa)
• Turkish: ameliyat (tr)
• Ukrainian: опера́ція f (operácija)
• Welsh: llawdriniaeth (cy) f, llawfeddygwaith m
• Yiddish: אָפּעראַציע f (operatsye)

medical specialty

• Arabic: جِرَاحَة f (jirāḥa)
• Armenian: վիրաբուժություն (hy) (virabužutʻyun)
• Asturian: ciruxía f, ceruxía f
• Azerbaijani: cərrahiyyə, cərrahlıq
• Bulgarian: хирургия f (hirurgija)
• Catalan: cirurgia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外科學／外科学 (zh) (wàikēxué), 外科学 (zh) (wàikēxué) (science), 外科 (zh) (wàikē)

• Czech: chirurgie (cs) f
• Danish: kirurgi c
• Dutch: heelkunde (nl) f, chirurgie (nl) f
• Esperanto: ĥirurgio, kirurgio (eo)
• Finnish: kirurgia (fi)
• French: chirurgie (fr) f
• Galician: cirurxía f
• German: Chirurgie (de) f
• Greek: χειρουργική (el) f (cheirourgikí)

  Ancient: χειρουργική f (kheirourgikḗ)

• Hebrew: כִירוּרְגְּיָה (he) f (kirurgya)
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• Hungarian: sebészet (hu)
• Indonesian: bedah (id), ilmu bedah (id)
• Irish: máinliacht f
• Italian: chirurgia (it) f
• Japanese: 外科 (ja) (geka)
• Korean: 외과 (ko) (oegwa)
• Latvian: ķirurģija f
• Malay: pembedahan (ms)
• Norwegian: kirurgi m
• Occitan: cirurgia (oc) f
• Polish: chirurgia (pl) f
• Portuguese: cirurgia (pt) f
• Romanian: chirurgie (ro) f
• Russian: хирурги́я (ru) f (xirurgíja)
• Slovak: chirurgia (sk) f
• Spanish: cirugía (es) f
• Swedish: kirurgi (sv) c
• Tagalog: palatistisan
• Turkish: cerrahlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: хірургі́я f (xirurhíja)
• Welsh: llawfeddygaeth (cy) f
• Yiddish: כירורגיע f (khirurgye)

room or department where surgery is performed

• Bulgarian: операционна (bg) f (operacionna)
• Catalan: quiròfan (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外科 (zh) (wàikē)

• Czech: chirurgie (cs) f
• Dutch: operatiekamer (nl) c
• Finnish: leikkaussali (fi) (room), kirurginen osasto (department)
• French: salle opératoire f
• German: Operationssaal (de) m
• Greek: χειρουργείο (el) n (cheirourgeío)
• Hungarian: műtő (hu)
• Indonesian: kamar operasi, kamar bedah
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: áras máinliachta m
• Italian: sala operatoria f
• Japanese: 手術室 (shujutsu-sitsu)
• Korean: 수술실 (ko) (susulsil)
• Portuguese: sala de cirurgia/operação f
• Russian: (room) операцио́нная (ru) f (operaciónnaja), хирурги́ческое отделе́ние n (xirurgíčeskoje otdelénije)
• Spanish: quirófano (es) m, pabellón (es) m
• Swedish: operationssal c
• Turkish: ameliyathane (tr), şirürji (department)
• Ukrainian: операці́йна f (operacíjna), хірургі́чне відді́лення n (xirurhíčne viddílennja)
• Yiddish: כירורגיע f (khirurgye)

doctor's consulting room

• Bulgarian: лекарски кабинет m (lekarski kabinet)
• Dutch: spreekkamer (nl)
• Finnish: vastaanotto (fi), vastaanottohuone (fi)
• German: Ordinationsraum m
• Greek: ιατρείο (el) n (iatreío)
• Hungarian: rendelő (hu)
• Irish: lialann f
• Italian: ambulatorio (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whare rata
• Polish: gabinet lekarski
• Portuguese: consultório m
• Russian: кабине́т врача́ m (kabinét vračá)
• Spanish: consulta (es) f, consultorio (es) m
• Turkish: muayenehane (tr)
• Ukrainian: лі́карський кабіне́т (líkarsʹkyj kabinét), кабіне́т лі́каря m (kabinét líkarja)
• Welsh: meddygfa f

any consulting room

• Finnish: vastaanottohuone (fi), vastaanotto (fi)
• Hungarian: fogadóhelyiség, tárgyalóterem, iroda (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: consultório m
• Spanish: consulta (es) f, consultorio (es) m

any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: fogadóóra (hu), ügyfélfogadás

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} chirurgia (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} శస్త్రచికిత్స (te) (śastracikitsa)

References

• Surgery (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Guerrys

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Middle English

Noun

surgery

1. Alternative form of surgerie