surgery

/sˈɝdʒɚi/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
   “he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School”
2. a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
   “he read the warning in the doctor's surgery”
3. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
   “great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic”
4. 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”

Synonyms for surgery

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

Words that rhyme with surgery

• neurosurgery
• perjury