surgery
IPA: sˈɝdʒɝi
noun
- (medicine, usually uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
- (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
- A room or department where surgery is performed.
- (Britain) A doctor's office.
- (Britain) A medical practitioner’s office hours.
- (Britain) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
- (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
- (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
- (by extension, figurative) Drastic changes made to anything.
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Examples of "surgery" in Sentences
- He will be fine with his surgery.
- The woman had a cosmetic surgery.
- Surgery is the only curative option.
- The fetus aborts during the surgery.
- She is rehabilitating from the surgery.
- The third surgery implanted the string.
- Despite surgery, the damage was irreparable.
- Orthopedic surgery is the typical treatment.
- The debate is whether the surgery is therapeutic.
- Someone who assures you that brain surgery is simple?
- Even I lost weight thanks to what I call the surgery diet.
- Surgery of the heart is done by the specialty of cardiothoracic surgery.
- When brain surgery is considered, accurate determination of whether surgery may be effective is crucial to patient counseling.
- Would let yourself get brain surgery from a resident that has been next to the chief surgeon for a few years, but has never touched a knife?
- Immediate brain surgery is Caitlin's only treatment option, but her insurance company, Aetna, took its sweet time approving her operation, and then reversed itself claiming her benefits had expired.
- Robert H. Haralson III, former medical director for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, says Medicare's payment isn't too high, because the surgery is a more intense procedure than the current value implies.
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