surgery
The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).
Noun 4 meanings
The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).
“Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.”
The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
A room or department where surgery is performed.
A doctor's office; a clinic.
“I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.”
Etymology
From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy.
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SURGERY at a glance
SURGERY has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + R 1 + G 2 + E 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,316 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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