surgery
noun
sur·gery
ˈsər-jə-rē 
ˈsərj-
plural surgeries
1
: a branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures
2
: alterations made as if by surgery
literary surgery
3
a
British
: a physician's or dentist's office
b
: a room or area where surgery is performed
Examples of surgery in a Sentence
He's a specialist in brain surgery.
The doctor has recommended surgery.
He has recently undergone surgery on his shoulder.
a doctor who has performed many surgeries
The patient was taken directly to surgery.
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Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
She was airlifted to a local hospital for emergency surgery.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 June 2025
Cycling, these days, is healing in motion, says Donnie Seals Sr., a 72-year-old Chicagoan and survivor of three open heart surgeries.
—Ron Stodghill, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
The condition occurs when someone is navigating stressful situations and debilitating emotions, like grief and heartbreak (which may seem rare for men to experience), but it can also be triggered by physical illness or surgery.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 June 2025
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“Surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgery. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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surgery
noun
sur·gery
ˈsərj-(ə-)rē
plural surgeries
1
: medical science concerned with the correction of physical defects, the repair and healing of injuries, and the treatment of diseased conditions especially by operations
2
a
: the work done by a surgeon
3
: a room or area where surgery is performed
Etymology
Middle English surgerie "surgery," from early French cirurgerie, surgerie (same meaning), from Latin chirurgia (same meaning), derived from Greek cheirourgos "surgeon," from cheirourgos "doing by hand," from cheir "hand" and ergon "work"
Medical Definition
surgery
noun
sur·gery
ˈsərj-(ə-)rē
plural surgeries
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