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surgery
/ˈsɝ.d͡ʒə.ɹi/
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What does surgery mean?
noun
- The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).
- The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
- A room or department where surgery is performed.
More meanings (6)
noun
- A doctor's office; a clinic.
- A medical practitioner’s office hours.
- Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
- (slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
- The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
- (figuratively) Drastic changes made to anything.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈsɝ.d͡ʒə.ɹi/
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Marius is praised for both temperance and endurance, of which latter he gave a decided instance in an operation of surgery.
Beds, linen to dress the wounds, instruments of surgery, medicines, every object of the most urgent necessity, was buried in the ruins.
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The third method by which Society professes to attempt the reclamation of the lost is by the rough, rude surgery of the Gaol.