sur·ger·y (sûr j -r )n. pl. sur·ger·ies 1. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of injury, deformity, and disease by manual and instrumental means. 2. A surgical operation or procedure, especially one involving the removal or replacement of a diseased organ or tissue. 3. An operating room or a laboratory of a surgeon or of a hospital's surgical staff. 4. The skill or work of a surgeon. 5. Chiefly British a. A physician's, dentist's, or veterinarian's office. b. The period during which a physician, dentist, or veterinarian consults with or treats patients in the office. [Middle English surgerie, from Old French, short for cirurgerie, from cirurgie, from Latin ch  r rgia, from Greek kheirourgi , from kheirourgos, working by hand : kheir, hand; see ghes- in Indo-European roots + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.] |
surgery
Noun
pl -geries
1. medical treatment in which a person's body is cut open by a surgeon in order to treat or remove the problem part
2. Brit a place where, or time when, a doctor or dentist can be consulted
3. Brit a time when an MP or councillor can be consulted [Greek kheir hand + ergon work]
Surgery
See also medical specialties.
Medicine. removal of part of the body by surgery.
excision or amputation.
Obsolete, cautery.
the act of cauterization, or burning away of dead tissue.
a surgical perforation or puncture.
Archaic. surgery.
the breaking of a bone into small pieces. See also bones.
a surgical instrument for opening a hole in the skull.
a surgical technique using freezing to destroy tissue.
any form of plastic surgery of the skin, as skin grafts.
surgery of the vagina.
repair or restoration of part of the body by plastic surgery.
the surgical practice of bone-grafting.
a serrated instrument for bone surgery.
1. the dissection or anatomy of bones.
2. the cutting of bones as part of a surgical operation. — osteotomist, n.
2. the cutting of bones as part of a surgical operation. — osteotomist, n.
the branch of surgery dealing with the replacement of missing limbs or organs with artificial substitutes. — prosthetic, adj.
an obsession with surgery.
the process of suture.
surgical excision of part of the vas deferens, the duct which carries sperm from the testes, performed as a form of male contraception.
the process of surgically grafting tissue from a lower animal onto the human body. — zooplastic, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  surgery - the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"ligation - (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery) surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" centesis - (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid drain - tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material landmark - an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken stoma - a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ) graft, transplant - (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient medical science - the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease amastia - absence of the mammary glands (either through surgery or developmental defect) phlebothrombosis, venous thrombosis - thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood ligate - bind with a bandage or ligature; "ligate the artery" extirpate - surgically remove (an organ) enucleate - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover exenterate - remove the contents of (an organ) decerebrate - remove the cerebrum from (a human body) maxillofacial - of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla); "maxillofacial surgery" |
| 2. | surgery - a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery" room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | |
| 3. |  surgery - a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"hospital room - a room in a hospital for the care of patients | |
| 4. |  surgery - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"catheterisation, catheterization - the operation of introducing a catheter into the body amputation - a surgical removal of all or part of a limb angioplasty - an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery arthroplasty - surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint arthroscopy - a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision brain surgery - any surgical procedure involving the brain castration - surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men); "bilateral castration results in sterilization" cauterisation, cauterization, cautery - the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing chemosurgery - use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer craniotomy - a surgical opening through the skull cryosurgery - the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers) curettage, curettement - surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette debridement - surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing decortication - removal of the outer covering of an organ or part D and C, dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage - a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion electrosurgery - surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery) enterostomy, enterotomy - surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine enucleation - surgical removal of something without cutting into it; "the enucleation of the tumor" wrong-site surgery - a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body evisceration - surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient exenteration - surgical removal of the organs within a body cavity (as those of the pelvis) eye operation, eye surgery - any surgical procedure involving the eyes fenestration - surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis gastrectomy - surgical removal of all or part of the stomach gastroenterostomy - surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated gastrostomy - surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage) heart surgery - any surgical procedure involving the heart haemorrhoidectomy, hemorrhoidectomy - surgical procedure for tying hemorrhoids and excising them haemostasia, haemostasis, hemostasia, hemostasis - surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) hysterotomy - surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section) implantation - a surgical procedure that places something in the human body; "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland" surgical incision, incision, section - the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation) intestinal bypass - surgical operation that shortens the small intestine; used in treating obesity jejunostomy - surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding major surgery - any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance microsurgery - surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures |
Translations
surgery [ˈsəːdʒərɪ] n → cirugía;
(BRIT) (room) → consultorio: (POL) → horas en las que los electores pueden reunirse personalmente con su diputado;
to undergo surgery → operarse see also constituency
surgery [ˈsəːdʒərɪ] n → chirurgie f;
(Brit) (= room); cabinet m (de consultation);
(also: surgery hours) → heures fpl de consultation [of MP etc]; permanence f (où le député etc reçoit les électeurs etc);
surgery [ˈsəːdʒərɪ] n → Chirurgie f;
(Brit) (room) → Sprechzimmer nt;
(000) (building) → Praxis f;
(also: surgery hours) (of doctor, MP etc) → Sprechstunde f;
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