surgery

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈsɝd͡ʒəri/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈsɜːd͡ʒəri/

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Noun

Singular surgery

Plural surgeries

1. (medicine) Surgery is a way of removing, repairing or replacing a part of a body that involves incisions.

   After the doctor performed surgery, John was able to walk again.

2. Surgery can also be the place where surgery is done.

   Take the patient into surgery.

Related words

• surgeon
• surgical