chirurgery
[ kahy-rur-juh-ree ]
Origin of chirurgery
11350–1400; chirurg(eon) + -ery; replacing Middle English sirurgerie<Middle French cirurgerie<Latin chīrūrg(ia) (<Greek cheirourgía;see chirurgeon, -ia) + Old French -erie-ery
Other words from chirurgery
- chi·rur·gic, chi·rur·gi·cal, adjective
Words Nearby chirurgery
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How to use chirurgery in a sentence
The disease of the nation was organic, and not functional, and the rough chirurgery of war was its only remedy.
Pages From an Old Volume of Life | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.This sounds absurd only to those who have not perused the Receipts in Physick and chirurgery.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened | Kenelm DigbyFats and Unguents never appear in their chirurgery, when the Skin is once broke.
A New Voyage to Carolina | John LawsonThese flakes here are an entry to a higher work, and of more things for chirurgery and Medicine.
A Discovrse of Fire and Salt (A Discourse of Fire and Salt) | Blaise de VigenreThey took him up and conveyed him into a druggist's shop, the master of which practiced chirurgery.
Peg Woffington | Charles Reade
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