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surgery


Main Entry: sur·gery
Pronunciation: \ˈsərj-rē, ˈsər-jə-\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural sur·ger·ies
Etymology: Middle English surgerie, from Anglo-French cirurgerie, surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Greek cheirourgia, from cheirourgos surgeon, from cheirourgos doing by hand, from cheir hand + ergon work — more at chir-, work
Date: 14th century

1 : a branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures
2 : alterations made as if by surgery <literary surgery>
3 a British : a physician's or dentist's office b : a room or area where surgery is performed
4 a : the work done by a surgeon b : operation


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