Surgery Definition
sûrjə-rē
surgeries
noun
surgeries
The treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by manual or instrumental operations, as the removal of diseased parts or tissue by cutting.
Webster's New World
The branch of medicine dealing with this.
Webster's New World
An operation of this kind.
Webster's New World
The operating room of a surgeon or hospital.
Webster's New World
A doctor's office.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- operating-theatre
- operating theater
- or
- operating-room
- surgical process
- surgical-procedure
- surgical operation
- operation
- section
- resection
- abscission
- enucleation
- aciurgy
- incision
- cryosurgery
Other Word Forms of Surgery
Noun
Singular:
surgery
Plural:
surgeriesOrigin of Surgery
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Middle English surgerie from Old French alteration of cirurgerie from cirurgie from Latin chīrūrgia from Greek kheirourgiā from kheirourgos working by hand kheir hand ghes- in Indo-European roots ergon work werg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French surgerie, contracted form of cirurgie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgia), from χείρ (kheir, “hand") + ἔργον (ergon, “work").
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