Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈsɜː.d͡ʒə.ɹi/
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/ˈsɝ.d͡ʒə.ɹi/
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ˈsɝdʒəɹi
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ˈsɜːdʒəɹi
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- GB
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).
Usage- Uncountable
- usually
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Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
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When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation.
The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
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A room or department where surgery is performed.
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The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.
A doctor's office; a clinic.
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I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
A medical practitioner’s office hours.
Usage- UK usage
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Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time.
Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
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Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.
A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
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The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
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Drastic changes made to anything.
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The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword.
Noun
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
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he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
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he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
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great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
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they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
he died while undergoing surgery