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surgery

[ sur-juh-ree ]

noun

plural surgeries
  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

/ ˈ²õɜ˻åÏôÉ™°ùɪ /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of surgery1

1250–1300; Middle English surgerie < Old French cirurgerie chirurgery
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of surgery1

C14: via Old French from Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirurgia, from kheir hand + ergon work
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He said he couldn’t walk from sixth grade until partway through eighth as he had surgery after surgery.

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The court heard that in November 2019, Christopher Fulton contacted his GP surgery to say the baby - known as P - had a raw throat and was not drinking his bottle.

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Fatima, who is from Sudan, found out she had lung cancer in January and had surgery in March to remove a tumour and is due to start a long course of chemotherapy treatment.

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Stokes has a chequered injury history - he is currently recovering from hamstring surgery - and has not played white-ball cricket for England since 2023.

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Arsenal defender Gabriel will miss the remainder of the season after the club confirmed he requires hamstring surgery.

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