Surgery : (noun) 1: the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury
by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at
the Harvard Medical School"
2: a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read
the warning in the doctor's surgery"
3: a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of
surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the
operating rooms aseptic" [syn: operating room, OR, operating
theater, operating theatre]
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4: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments;
performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living
body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an
operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing
surgery" [syn: operation, surgical operation, surgical
procedure, surgical process]