Definition of surgery

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Definition of surgery

  • a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. operating room
    2. operating theater
    3. operating theatre
    4. or
  • a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (noun)

    Examples

    1. he died while undergoing surgery

    Synonyms

    1. operation
    2. surgical operation
    3. surgical procedure
    4. surgical process
  • a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted (noun)

    Examples

    1. he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
  • the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures (noun)

    Examples

    1. he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School

See definition of surgery in Merriam Webster