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Surgery is a branch of medicine that solves health problems by operating on the body, or the process of having an operation, or is a location where such an operation is performed.

(noun)

A doctor who learns how to cut people open to remove their tonsils is an example of a doctor specializing in surgery.
An operation in which a doctor cuts you open and removes your tonsils is an example of a surgery.
The place where you go to have an operation is an example of a surgery.

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noun pl. surgeries

1. the treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by manual or instrumental operations, as the removal of diseased parts or tissue by cutting
2. an operation of this kind
3. the branch of medicine dealing with this
the operating room of a surgeon or hospital
Brit. a doctor's office

Origin: ME < OFr cirurgie, contr. of cirurgerie < L chirurgia < Gr cheirourgia, a working with the hands, handicraft, skill < cheir (gen. cheiros), the hand + ergein, to work

See surgery in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sur·ger·ies

The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of injury, deformity, and disease by manual and instrumental means.
A surgical operation or procedure, especially one involving the removal or replacement of a diseased organ or tissue.
An operating room or a laboratory of a surgeon or of a hospital's surgical staff.
The skill or work of a surgeon.
Chiefly British
a. A physician's, dentist's, or veterinarian's office.
b. The period during which a physician, dentist, or veterinarian consults with or treats patients in the office.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English surgerie

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , short for cirurgerie

Origin: , from cirurgie

Origin: , from Latin chīrūrgia

Origin: , from Greek kheirourgiā

Origin: , from kheirourgos, working by hand

Origin: : kheir, hand; see ghes- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots

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