surgery

surgery

English

Etymology

From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝd͡ʒəɹi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːd͡ʒəɹi/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

surgery (countable and uncountable, plural surgeries)

1. (medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

   Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

2. (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
3. A room or department where surgery is performed.
   • 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow, page 51:

     The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.

4. (Britain) A doctor's office.

   I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.

5. (Britain) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.

   Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.

6. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
7. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
8. (by extension, figurative) Drastic changes made to anything.
   • 2019, Ian Griffiths, Programming C# 8.0: Build Cloud, Web, and Desktop Applications (page 716)

     The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword.

Synonyms

• (procedure): operation, bright lights and cold steel (informal)
• (site of surgical operations): operating room, operating theatre, theatre, bright lights and cold steel (informal)
• (doctor's office): office (UK)

Hypernyms

• medical speciality

Hyponyms

• brain surgery
• bypass surgery
• meatball surgery
• neurosurgery
• remote surgery
• telesurgery

 

Derived terms

• microradiosurgery
• radiosurgery
• self-surgery
• surgeon
• surgical
• telesurgery

 

Translations

procedure involving major incisions

Arabic: عَمَلِيَّة جِرَاحِيَّة‎ f (ʿamaliyya jirāḥiyya), جِرَاحَة‎ f (jirāḥa) Armenian: վիրահատություն (hy) (virahatutʿyun), օպերացիա (hy) (ōperacʿia) Asturian: operación f Belarusian: апера́цыя f (apjerácyja) Bengali: অস্ত্রোপচার (bn) (ôśtropôcar) Bulgarian: опера́ция (bg) f (operácija) Catalan: cirurgia (ca) f, operació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 手術／手术 (zh) (shǒushù) Czech: operace (cs) f, lékařský zákrok m, chirurgický zákrok m Danish: operation c Dutch: operatie (nl) f Esperanto: operacio (eo) Finnish: leikkaus (fi), leikkaushoito (fi) French: chirurgie (fr) f, opération (fr) f Galician: operación (gl) f Georgian: ოპერაცია (ka) (oṗeracia) German: Chirurgie (de) f, Operation (de) f Greek: χειρουργείο (el) n (cheirourgeío) Ancient: χειρουργία f (kheirourgía) Hebrew: ניתוח / נִתּוּחַ‎ (he) m (nitúakh) Hindi: शल्यचिकित्सा (hi) f (śalyacikitsā) Hungarian: operáció (hu), műtét (hu) Icelandic: uppskurður m Ido: kirurgio (io) Indonesian: operasi (id), pembedahan (id) Irish: cur faoi scian m, gnáthamh máinliachta m, obráid f Italian: chirurgia (it) f, operazione chirurgica f, intervento chirurgico (it) m, operazione (it) f Japanese: 手術 (ja) (しゅじゅつ, shujutsu) Khmer: ការវះកាត់ (kaa vĕəh kat), សល្យកម្ម (salyĕəʼkam) Korean: 수술(手術) (ko) (susul) Lao: ສັນຍະກຳ (lo) (san nya kam), ສັນລະຍະກຳ (san la nya kam) Latin: chīrurgia f Macedonian: операција f (operacija) Malay: pembedahan (ms) Navajo: naʼagizh Norwegian: Bokmål: operasjon m Occitan: cirurgia (oc) f Persian: جراحی‎ (fa) (jarrâhi) Polish: operacja (pl) f Portuguese: operação (pt) f, cirurgia (pt) Romanian: operație (ro) f Russian: опера́ция (ru) f (operácija) Sardinian: chirurgia f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: опера́ција f Roman: operácija (sh) f Slovak: operácia f Slovene: operacija (sl) f Spanish: operación (es) f, cirugía (es) Swedish: operation (sv) c Tagalog: palatistisan Tajik: ҷарроҳи (jarrohi) Telugu: శస్త్రచికిత్స (te) (śastracikitsa) Thai: ศัลยกรรม (th) (sǎn-yá-gam) Turkish: ameliyat (tr) Ukrainian: опера́ція f (operácija) Uzbek: operatsiya (uz) Welsh: llawdriniaeth (cy) f, llawfeddygwaith m Yiddish: אָפּעראַציע‎ f (operatsye)

medical specialty

Albanian: kirurgji (sq) f Arabic: جِرَاحَة‎ f (jirāḥa) Armenian: վիրաբուժություն (hy) (virabužutʿyun) Asturian: ciruxía f, ceruxía f Azerbaijani: cərrahiyyə, cərrahlıq Belarusian: хірургі́я f (xirurhíja) Bulgarian: хиру́ргия f (hirúrgija) Burmese: ခွဲစိတ်ကုပညာ (my) (hkwai:citku.pa.nya) Catalan: cirurgia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 外科學／外科学 (zh) (wàikēxué) (science), 外科 (zh) (wàikē) Czech: chirurgie (cs) f Danish: kirurgi c Dutch: heelkunde (nl) f, chirurgie (nl) f Esperanto: ĥirurgio, kirurgio (eo) Estonian: kirurgia Finnish: kirurgia (fi) French: chirurgie (fr) f Galician: cirurxía (gl) f Georgian: ქირურგია (ka) (kirurgia) German: Chirurgie (de) f Greek: χειρουργική (el) f (cheirourgikí) Ancient: χειρουργική f (kheirourgikḗ) Hebrew: כִירוּרְגְּיָה‎ (he) f (kirúrgya) Hindi: शल्यचिकित्सा (hi) f (śalyacikitsā) Hungarian: sebészet (hu) Icelandic: uppskurður m Indonesian: bedah (id), ilmu bedah (id) Irish: máinliacht f Italian: chirurgia (it) f Japanese: 外科 (ja) (げか, geka), 外科学 (ja) (げかがく, gekagaku) Kazakh: хирургия (kk) (xirurgiä) Khmer: សល្យសាស្ត្រ (km) (salyĕəʼsaah) Korean: 외과(外科) (ko) (oegwa), 외과학(外科學) (oegwahak) Kyrgyz: хирургия (ky) (hirurgiya) Lao: ສັນລະຍະສາດ (san la nya sāt) Latvian: ķirurģija f Lithuanian: chirurgija f Macedonian: хирургија f (hirurgija) Malay: pembedahan (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: kirurgi m Occitan: cirurgia (oc) f Pashto: جراحي‎ (ps) f (jarrāhi) Persian: جراحی‎ (fa) (jarrâhi) Polish: chirurgia (pl) f Portuguese: cirurgia (pt) f Romanian: chirurgie (ro) f Russian: хирурги́я (ru) f (xirurgíja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: киру̀ргија f, хиру̀ргија f Roman: kirùrgija (sh) f, hirùrgija Slovak: chirurgia (sk) f Slovene: kirurgija (sl) f Spanish: cirugía (es) f Swedish: kirurgi (sv) c Tagalog: palatistisan Tajik: ҷарроҳи (jarrohi) Thai: ศัลยศาสตร์ (sǎn-lá-yá-sàat) Turkish: cerrahlık (tr), cerrahi (tr) Ukrainian: хірургі́я f (xirurhíja) Urdu: جَراحَت‎ f (jarāhat) Uzbek: xirurgiya (uz) Vietnamese: ngoại khoa (vi) Welsh: llawfeddygaeth (cy) f Yiddish: כירורגיע‎ f (khirurgye)

room or department where surgery is performed

Bulgarian: операцио́нна (bg) f (operaciónna) Catalan: quiròfan (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 外科 (zh) (wàikē) Czech: chirurgie (cs) f Dutch: operatiekamer (nl) c Finnish: leikkaussali (fi) (room), kirurginen osasto (department) French: salle opératoire f German: Operationssaal (de) m Greek: χειρουργείο (el) n (cheirourgeío) Hungarian: műtő (hu) Indonesian: kamar operasi, kamar bedah Irish: áras máinliachta m Italian: sala operatoria f Japanese: 手術室 (しゅじゅつしつ, shujutsusitsu) Korean: 수술실(手術室) (ko) (susulsil) Portuguese: sala de cirurgia/operação f Russian: (room) операцио́нная (ru) f (operaciónnaja), хирурги́ческое отделе́ние n (xirurgíčeskoje otdelénije) Spanish: quirófano (es) m, pabellón (es) m Swedish: operationssal c Turkish: ameliyathane (tr), şirürji (department) Ukrainian: операці́йна f (operacíjna), хірургі́чне відді́лення n (xirurhíčne viddílennja) Yiddish: כירורגיע‎ f (khirurgye)

doctor's consulting room

Bulgarian: ле́карски кабине́т m (lékarski kabinét) Dutch: spreekkamer (nl) Finnish: vastaanotto (fi), vastaanottohuone (fi) German: Ordinationsraum m Greek: ιατρείο (el) n (iatreío) Hungarian: rendelő (hu) Irish: lialann f Italian: ambulatorio (it) m Maori: whare rata Polish: gabinet lekarski Portuguese: consultório m Russian: кабине́т врача́ m (kabinét vračá) Spanish: consulta (es) f, consultorio (es) m Turkish: muayenehane (tr) Ukrainian: лі́карський кабіне́т m (líkarsʹkyj kabinét), кабіне́т лі́каря m (kabinét líkarja) Welsh: meddygfa f

any consulting room

Finnish: vastaanottohuone (fi), vastaanotto (fi) Hungarian: fogadóhelyiség, tárgyalóterem, iroda (hu) Portuguese: consultório m Spanish: consulta (es) f, consultorio (es) m

any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician

Hungarian: fogadóóra (hu), ügyfélfogadás

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Italian: (please verify) chirurgia (it) f Telugu: (please verify) శస్త్రచికిత్స (te) (śastracikitsa)

References

• Surgery (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Guerrys

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Middle English

Noun

surgery

1. Alternative form of surgerie