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Surgery

Surgery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Surgery? [n] [n] a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic" [n] (British) a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery" [n] the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Surgery: operating room \| operating theater \| operating theatre \| operation \| OR \| surgical operation \| surgical procedure \| surgical process Related Terms \| Find terms related to Surgery: See Also \| ablation \| amputation \| angioplasty \| arthroplasty \| arthroscopy \| autoplasty \| brain surgery \| castration \| cauterisation \| cauterization \| cautery \| chemosurgery \| craniotomy \| cryosurgery \| curettage \| curettement \| cutting out \| D and C \| debridement \| decortication \| dilatation and curettage \| dilation and curettage \| electrosurgery \| emergency room \| enterostomy \| enterotomy \| enucleation \| evisceration \| excision \| exenteration \| extirpation \| fenestration \| gastrectomy \| gastroenterostomy \| gastrostomy \| haemorrhoidectomy \| haemostasia \| haemostasis \| heart surgery \| hemorrhoidectomy \| hemostasia \| hemostasis \| hospital room \| hysterotomy \| implantation \| incision \| intestinal bypass \| iridectomy \| iridotomy \| jejunostomy \| major surgery \| medical procedure \| medical science \| microsurgery \| minor surgery \| myotomy \| myringectomy \| myringoplasty \| myringotomy \| neurosurgery \| nose job \| orchiopexy \| orthopaedics \| orthopedics \| osteotomy \| ostomy \| phalloplasty \| phlebectomy \| photocoagulation \| rhinoplasty \| room \| section \| surgical incision Surgery In Webster's Dictionary \Sur"ge*ry\, n. [OE. surgenrie, surgerie; cf. OF. cirurgie, F. chirurgie, L. chirurgia, Gr. ?. See {Surgeon}.] 1. The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment. 2. A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.

Surgery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Surgery?

[n]
[n] a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
[n] (British) a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"
[n] the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"

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Surgery In Webster's Dictionary

\Sur"ge*ry\, n. [OE. surgenrie, surgerie; cf. OF.
cirurgie, F. chirurgie, L. chirurgia, Gr. ?. See {Surgeon}.]
1. The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of
   medical science which treats of manual operations for the
   healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch
   of medical science which has for its object the cure of
   local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures,
   tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines
   and constitutional treatment.

2. A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.

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