chirurgery

American  

[kahy-rur-juh-ree] / kaɪˈrɜr dʒə ri /

noun

Archaic.

1. surgery.

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Other Word Forms

• chirurgic adjective
• chirurgical adjective

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Mais, is it not that there are learned faculties in Paris––men skilled in chirurgery even to the taking off of cataracts and the restoration of sight?

From Orphans of the Storm by MacMahon, Henry

There are physicians in the Islands, who, I believe, all practise chirurgery, and all compound their own medicines.

From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel

The garden and beehive are all her physic and chirurgery, and she lives the longer for it.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

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

When injured by the stingray in 1608, Smith's first thought was of his need for a surgeon and "chirurgery"; so the success of physician Russell's soothing oils came as a pleasant surprise.

From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Hughes, Thomas Proctor