SURGERY

Surgery

Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.

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surgery

Noun

  1. A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
    Many times surgery is necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
  2. The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
  3. A room or department where surgery is performed.
    I'd discuss this further with you, but I’m wanted in surgery.
  4. A doctor's consulting room.
    I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
  5. Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, similar to a doctor's surgery.
    Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.
  6. A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
  7. The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.


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