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sur⋅ger⋅y
[sur-juh-ree] 
dʒə
–noun, plural -ger⋅ies for 3–5.
| 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. |
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| 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.] |
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Surgery
Sur"ge*ry\, n. [OE. surgenrie, surgerie; cf. OF. cirurgie, F. chirurgie, L. chirurgia, Gr. ?. See Surgeon.]1. 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. A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.
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Language Translation for : surgery
Spanish:
acelerarcirugía,
German:
die Chirurgie,
Japanese:
外科
Main Entry: sur·gery
Pronunciation: 's&rj-(&-)rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ger·ies
1 : abranch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures
2 a British : a physician's or dentist's office b : a room or area where surgery is performed
3 a : the work done by a surgeon b :
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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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