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1. (n.) surgery
the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures.
2. surgery
the branch of medicine concerned with such treatment.
3. surgery
treatment, as an operation, performed by a surgeon.
4. surgery
a room or place for surgical operations.
5. surgery
any major repair or alteration produced as if by a surgical operation.
6. surgery
Brit. a doctor's office.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME surgerie < AF; OF cirurgerie < L
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| Definition of 'surgery' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) surgery
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
"he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"
2. (noun) surgery
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
"he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"
3. (noun) operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
"great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
4. (noun) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
"they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
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1. (noun) surgery
treatment involving a medical operation
The injury did not require surgery.
2. surgery
the office of a doctor or dentist
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| Definition of 'surgery' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) surgery
the art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment
2. (noun) surgery
a surgeon's operating room or laboratory
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| Definitions of 'surgery' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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surgery
An adjunct, more or less valuable to the diagnostician.
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Sense: the practice or art of a surgeon
to specialize in surgery.
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 Afrikaans: chirurgie |
 Arabic: جِراحَه |
 Bulgarian: хирургия |
 Brazilian: cirurgia |
 Czech: chirurgie |
 German: die Chirurgie |
 Danish: kirurgi |
 Greek: χειρουργική |
 Spanish: cirugía |
 Estonian: kirurgia |
 Farsi: جراحي |
 Finnish: kirurgia |
 French: chirurgie |
 Hebrew: נִיתוּחַ |
 Hindi: शल्य कक्ष |
 Croatian: kirurgija |
 Hungarian: sebészet |
 Indonesian: pembedahan |
 Icelandic: skurðlækningar |
 Italian: chirurgia |
 Japanese: 外科 |
 Korean: 수술 |
 Lithuanian: chirurgija |
 Latvian: ķirurģija |
 Malay: pembedahan |
 Dutch: chirurgie |
 Norwegian: kirurgi |
 Polish: chirurgia |
 Persian: جراحي |
 Pashto: جراحی |
 Portuguese: cirurgia |
 Romanian: chirurgie |
 Russian: хирургия |
 Slovak: chirurgia |
 Slovenian: kirurgija |
 Serbian: hirurgija |
 Swedish: kirurgi |
 Thai: ศัลยกรรม |
 Turkish: ameliyat |
 Taiwanese: 外科(學) |
 Ukrainian: хірургія |
 Urdu: عمل جراحی |
 Vietnamese: phẫu thuật, sự mổ |
 Chinese: 外科（学） |
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