Chirurgery

//kaɪˈɹɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒəɹi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of surgery. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "A Student in Chirurgery is admitted to practise throughout England, if he has been honestly and skilfully exercent therein for seven Years, and has gone through two Operations in Anatomy, and performed three Cures (at the least) […]"

Example

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"A Student in Chirurgery is admitted to practise throughout England, if he has been honestly and skilfully exercent therein for seven Years, and has gone through two Operations in Anatomy, and performed three Cures (at the least) […]"

Etymology

From Old French cirurgerie. Compare surgery.

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