Surgery

/ˈsɜː.d͡ʒə.ɹi/ · noun

Meaning

(medicine, usually uncountable) The act or process involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (medicine, usually uncountable) The act or process involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).
2. (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
3. A room or department where surgery is performed.
4. (British) A doctor's office; a clinic.
5. (British) A medical practitioner’s office hours.
6. (British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
7. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
8. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time.

Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.

The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword.

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