surgery

IPA: sˈɝdʒɝi

(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.

Examples of "surgery" in Sentences

Someone who assures you that brain surgery is simple?
Even I lost weight thanks to what I call the surgery diet.
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.