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surgery

[sur-juh-ree]

noun

plural

surgeries 
  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.



surgery

/ ˈɜːəɪ /

noun

  1. the branch of medicine concerned with treating disease, injuries, etc, by means of manual or operative procedures, esp by incision into the body

  2. the performance of such procedures by a surgeon

  3. a place where a doctor, dentist, etc, can be consulted

  4. an occasion when an MP, lawyer, etc, is available for consultation

  5. an operating theatre where surgical operations are performed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • presurgery adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of surgery1

1250–1300; Middle English surgerie < Old French cirurgerie chirurgery
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of surgery1

C14: via Old French from Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirurgia, from kheir hand + ergon work
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Lavelle is returning to the national team after losing more than six months following ankle surgery.

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It’s not brain surgery, but you’ll meet people that make it feel like brain surgery and that’s when it’s not fun anymore.

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Ms Barker said she had been Facebook friends with Mr Cavanagh, who had supported her after she had weight loss surgery.

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Uribe underwent emergency surgery on Monday to stem a bleed to the brain, according to a hospital statement.

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He would undergo his second Tommy John surgery the following month.

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