chirurgery
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Origin of chirurgery
1350–1400; chirurg(eon) + -ery; replacing Middle English sirurgerie < Middle French cirurgerie < Latin chīrūrg ( ia ) (< Greek cheirourgía; chirurgeon, -ia ) + Old French -erie -ery
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Nay, the art of chirurgery will perish, and all those ingenious instruments that have been invented for the cure of man will lie by useless and insignificant.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
They took him up and conveyed him into a druggist's shop, the master of which practiced chirurgery.
From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles
By all that hath hitherto appeared, her skill in chirurgery lieth chiefly in a quick hand to cut off limbs; but she is the worst at healing of any that ever pretended to it.
From Political Pamphlets by Saintsbury, George
We try also all poisons, and other medicines upon them, as well of chirurgery as physic.
From Ideal Commonwealths by More, Thomas, Sir, Saint
Incomparable secrets in physick, chirurgery, Preserving, Candying, and Cookery....
From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by Hazlitt, William Carew
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