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| sur·ger·y [ súrjəree ] (plural sur·ger·ies) |
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1. medical procedures involving operations: medical treatment that involves operations on or manipulations of the patient's body and, usually, cutting the body open to perform these
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2. branch of medicine: the branch of medicine that deals with diseases and conditions treated by operation or manipulation, or the range of diseases treated in this way
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3. surgeon's art or activity: the art or activity of performing surgery
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4. operating room: a hospital or clinic room where surgery is performed
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5. U.K. doctor's office: a doctor's, dentist's, or veterinarian's office
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| [14th century. Via Old French cirurgerie< Greek kheirourgia "working with the hands" < kheir "hand" + ergon "work"] |
