[sur-juh-ree] 
| 1. | the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures. |
| 2. | the branch of medicine concerned with such treatment. |
| 3. | treatment, as an operation, performed by a surgeon. |
| 4. | a room or place for surgical operations. |
| 5. | British. a doctor's or dentist's office or office hours. |
| sur·ger·y (sûr'jə-rē) n. pl. sur·ger·ies
[Middle English surgerie, from Old French, short for cirurgerie, from cirurgie, from Latin chīrūrgia, from Greek kheirourgiā, from kheirourgos, working by hand : kheir, hand; see ghes- in Indo-European roots + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.] |
surgery sur·ger·y (sûr'jə-rē)
n.
The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of injury, deformity, and disease by manual and instrumental means.
A surgical operation or procedure, especially one involving the removal or replacement of a diseased organ or tissue.
An operating room or a laboratory of a surgeon or of a hospital's surgical staff.
The skill or work of a surgeon.
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