Word for the day: surgery

surgery |ˈsɜː.dʒər.i|                                                    *cirugía (en Español)




DEFINITION

noun ( pl. surgeries )

1 [ mass noun ] the treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation, especially with instruments: cardiac surgery | he had surgery on his ankle.2 Brit.a place where a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner treats or advises patients.• [ in sing. ] an occasion on which such treatment or consultation occurs: Doctor Bailey had finished his evening surgery.• an occasion on which an MP, lawyer, or other professional person gives advice.

ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French surgerie, contraction of serurgerie, from serurgien (seesurgeon) .

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