surgery
(noun)
noun
1. the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
- he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School
Definition categories: thought
2. a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
- he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
Definition categories: man–made, room
3. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
Similar word(s): or
Definition categories: man–made
4. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
- he died while undergoing surgery
Similar word(s): operation
Definition categories: act
Sentences with surgery as a noun:
- Many times surgery is necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
- I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
- Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.