surgery

Meanings

Noun

• the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
  • "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"
• a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
  • "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"
• a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
• a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  • "he died while undergoing surgery"

Synonyms

operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, operation, OR, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process