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sur·gery
\ˈsərj(ə)rē, ˈsə̄j-, ˈsəij-, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English surgerie, from Old French, contraction of serurgerie, cirurgerie, from serurgie, cirurgie (from Latin chirurgia, from Greek cheirourgia, from cheirourgos working with the hand — from cheir hand + -ourgos working, from -o- + ergon work — + -ia -y) + -erie -ery — more at chir-, work
1. : a branch of medicine that is concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures
< orthopedic surgery >
< new techniques in brain surgery >
2. : the treatment of other than human ills or diseases by methods analogous to or as drastic as those of a surgeon
< the agonizing surgery of revolution — John Strachey >
< a superb piece of literary surgery — Norman Cousins >
— see tree surgery
3.
a. Britain : a room or office (as in a general practitioner's house) where a doctor sees and treats patients
b. : the room (as in a doctor's or dentist's offices) or the quarters (as in a hospital) where surgery is performed
< the patient walked into the doctor's surgery >
< the patient was anesthetized in surgery >
4.
a. : the work done by a surgeon
< the operation was a skillful piece of bloodless surgery >
b. : operation
< he had a surgery at six o'clock > |