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