surgery

Forms

1.The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).
- Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
2.The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
- A side effect of the eye surgery is dry eyes.
3.A doctor's office; a clinic.
- I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
4.A room or department where surgery is performed.
- The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.

Common· #1985

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-ōr

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr

Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər

Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír)

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Hellenic *wérgon

Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)