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Surgery

//ˈsɜː.d͡ʒə.ɹi// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure). uncountable, usually

    "Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading."

  2. 2
    a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body wordnet
  3. 3
    The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations wordnet
  5. 5
    A room or department where surgery is performed. countable, uncountable

    "The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery."

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  1. 6
    a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted wordnet
  2. 7
    A doctor's office; a clinic. British, countable, uncountable

    "I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids."

  3. 8
    the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures wordnet
  4. 9
    A medical practitioner’s office hours. British, countable, uncountable

    "Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time."

  5. 10
    Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic. British, countable, uncountable

    "Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday."

  6. 11
    A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy". countable, slang, uncountable
  7. 12
    The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    Drastic changes made to anything. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword."

Etymology

From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy.

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