surgery
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
finance
mathematics
medicine
sciences
topology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-
Proto-Indo-European *-ōr
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr
Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər
Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír)
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Hellenic *wérgon
Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)
Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós)
Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek χειρουργέω (kheirourgéō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek χειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)bor.
Latin chīrūrgiader.
Old French surgie
Old French surgeriebor.
Middle English surgerie
English surgery
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.
Inflected forms:
form: surgeries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: 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).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
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.
gloss: The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A room or department where surgery is performed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.
gloss: A doctor's office; a clinic.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
uncountable
examples: I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
gloss: A medical practitioner’s office hours.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
uncountable
examples: Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time.
gloss: Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
uncountable
examples: Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.
gloss: A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
gloss: The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Drastic changes made to anything.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword.
Derived words: aesthetic surgery
antisurgery
biosurgery
bottom surgery
Caldwell-Luc surgery
cardiosurgery
chemosurgery
chest surgery
cosmetic surgery
craniosurgery
cryosurgery
cybersurgery
Dehn surgery
dental surgery
dermasurgery
domino surgery
electrosurgery
endosurgery
esthetic surgery
gastrosurgery
gender confirmation surgery
gender reallocation surgery
general surgery
hydrosurgery
hypnosurgery
immunosurgery
keyhole surgery
laparoscopic surgery
laser eye surgery
laser surgery
liposurgery
lower surgery
macrosurgery
microfracture surgery
microradiosurgery
microsurgery
nanosurgery
open-heart surgery
oral surgery
orthosurgery
otosurgery
phonosurgery
piezosurgery
plastic surgery
polysurgery
postsurgery
presurgery
pre-surgery
proctosurgery
psychic surgery
psychosurgery
radiosurgery
rhinosurgery
rocket surgery
self-surgery
sex reassignment surgery
shotgun surgery
single-incision laparoscopic surgery
surgeon
surgerize
surgery hours
surgerymaxx
surgical
surgiholic
telesurgery
Tommy John surgery
top surgery
tree surgery
ultrasonosurgery
upper surgery
vanity surgery
videosurgery
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