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surgery

/ˈsɝ.d͡ʒə.ɹi/noun3 syllables

Surgery means: a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations.

Synonyms for surgery11

noun, as in a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre

noun, as in a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

operation, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

also used for surgery

bright lights and cold steel, theatre, office

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What does surgery mean?4

noun

1

a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations“great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic”

2

a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body“they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available”

3

the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures“he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School”

4

a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted“he read the warning in the doctor's surgery”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with surgery?1

three syllables

perjury
Show 8 near rhymes
anniversarymercurynurserytertiarysurgeriesburglaryinfirmarynurseries

Surgery in a sentence

  • They'll do my surgery another day, because it's not urgent.DJ_Saidez
  • I developed a tumor in my stomach, which required surgery.ulymarrero
  • The fracture is not displaced, and no surgery is required.AlanF_US
  • Without effective antibiotics, any surgery, even a minor one, could become fatal.Hybrid
  • For gall bladder surgery, go down this hall and take a right.Dejo
  • Doctors, however, found a labral tear of her right hip that will require surgery.Cangarejo
  • If you are feeling like a prisoner within surgery, it is your surgery.kleberlucas
  • The surgery, performed at our clinic, is over in half an hour.fcbond

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of surgery

as a noun

plural
surgeries