surgery

[ sur-juh-ree ]

noun

, plural sur·ger·ies

1. the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures.
2. the branch of medicine concerned with such treatment.
3. treatment, as an operation, performed by a surgeon.
4. a room or place for surgical operations.
5. British. a doctor's or dentist's office or office hours.

surgery

/ ˈsɜːdʒərɪ /

noun

1. the branch of medicine concerned with treating disease, injuries, etc, by means of manual or operative procedures, esp by incision into the body
2. the performance of such procedures by a surgeon
3. a place where a doctor, dentist, etc, can be consulted
4. an occasion when an MP, lawyer, etc, is available for consultation
5. an operating theatre where surgical operations are performed

Other Words From

• pre·surger·y adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of surgery¹

1250–1300; Middle English surgerie < Old French cirurgerie chirurgery

Word History and Origins

Origin of surgery¹

C14: via Old French from Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirurgia, from kheir hand + ergon work

Example Sentences

Neuralink, in particular, aims to build an incredibly powerful brain-machine interface, a device with the power to handle lots of data that can be inserted in a relatively simple surgery.

From Vox

The damage was so severe that he needed immediate surgeries to keep him alive.

From Ozy

Ben Simmons is going to miss at least several weeks after having surgery on his knee.

From FiveThirtyEight

As India’s lockdown lifts, elective surgeries are getting back on the track.

From Quartz

The other significant addition was Bojan Bogdanović — Utah’s second-leading scorer — and he’s now out for the playoffs thanks to wrist surgery.

From FiveThirtyEight

When the father arrived at the hospital, he was told that Andrew Dossi was in surgery, but the wounds were not life-threatening.

From The Daily Beast

He was also a charismatic, telegenic speaker with a face improved by plastic surgery several years earlier.

From The Daily Beast

“As far as we were aware, and as far as the surgeon was aware, the surgery was a go,” Shaheen sighs.

From The Daily Beast

Internet chatter rose to a deafening roar as speculation began about what—plastic surgery?

From The Daily Beast

As I sign the forms to be admitted to have surgery the next day, I ask my husband the date.

From The Daily Beast

Insult and outrage seemed to have given that bodily vigour to Ripperda, which medicine and surgery had taken no pains to restore.

From Project Gutenberg

He went at his job with a handy adroitness which was almost scientific, it was so much like surgery, like dissection.

From Project Gutenberg

I have no doubt that unpretending woman knows more about surgery than all the men doctors in New York city.

From Project Gutenberg

Moreover, as Dr. Lorien had stated, and as Leonard had found by actual experience, he was skilled in medicine and surgery.

From Project Gutenberg

Medicine and surgery—well, there's a huge program of compulsory sterilization, and another one of eugenic marriage-control.

From Project Gutenberg