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

/ ˈsɜːdʒərɪ /

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

Other Word Forms

• presurgery adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of surgery¹

1250–1300; Middle English surgerie < Old French cirurgerie chirurgery

Word History and Origins

Origin of surgery¹

C14: via Old French from Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirurgia, from kheir hand + ergon work

Example Sentences

The Angels lawyers will tell the jury that taking opioids prescribed by a physician during recovery from surgery is vastly different than Skaggs chopping up and snorting counterfeit pills that were not prescribed for him.

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Tiger Woods underwent lumbar disc replacement surgery in his lower back after experiencing pain and a lack of mobility, the 15-time major golf champion announced on Saturday.

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Mum wants to donate her body to show her gratitude to medical professionals as they helped her when she had bowel cancer and needed surgery four years ago.

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The facelift is often seen as the last resort, the most major of cosmetic surgeries.

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After receiving surgery, he stayed with the Horse Trust at its sanctuary in Buckinghamshire.

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