surgery

Noun (4)surgeries

1. the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures“he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School”Type of medical science
2. a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted“he read the warning in the doctor's surgery”Type of room
3. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations“great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic”Synonyms: operating roomORoperating theateroperating theatreType of hospital room
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”Synonyms: operationsurgical operationsurgical proceduresurgical processType of medical procedureKinds ablation, gastrectomy, taxis, vivisection, enucleation, gastrostomy, palatopharyngoplasty, enterostomy, photocoagulation, plastic surgery +54 moreParts suturing, hemostasis, incision