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Meaning of 'surgery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Surgery [ n.]
- 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.
- A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.

Meaning of 'surgery' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . surgery [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
Example in sentence:
  • great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic
Meaning (2):
- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Example in sentence:
  • he died while undergoing surgery;
  • they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
Meaning (3):
- the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
Example in sentence:
  • he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School
Meaning (4):
- a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
Example in sentence:
  • he read the warning in the doctor's surgery

Nearby Words:

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