Definitions
Medical treatment in which a doctor operates on the body.
Word origin
From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy.
Used in a sentence
“Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.”
“The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.”
“I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.”
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