surgery
Definitions
General English
- noun treatment of disease in which doctors cut into or remove part of the body
- noun a room where a doctor or dentist sees and examines patients
Medical
- noun the treatment of diseases or disorders by procedures which require an operation to cut into, to remove or to manipulate tissue, organs or parts
Military
- noun the process of treating illness or injury by cutting into a person’s body in order to repair or remove damaged tissue or organs
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