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).
Example
“Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.”
Other meanings
The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
A room or department where surgery is performed.
Related words
- surgerize
- ultrasonosurgery
- surgeon
- microradiosurgery
- radiosurgery
- rocket surgery
- self-surgery
- surgical
- telesurgery
- aesthetic surgery
- bottom surgery
- Caldwell-Luc surgery
Word history
From Ancient Greek "χειρουργία".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “surgery” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.