"surgery" in the noun sense
1. surgery
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
"he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"
2. surgery
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
"he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"
3. operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
"great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
4. operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
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"
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