operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
(noun) 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”; “he died while undergoing surgery”
surgery
(noun) a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; “he read the warning in the doctor’s surgery”
surgery
(noun) the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; “he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
surgery (countable and uncountable, plural surgeries)
(medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
(medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
A room or department where surgery is performed.
(British) A doctor's office.
(British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
(finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
(topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
• (procedure): operation
• (site of surgical operations): operating room, operating theatre, theatre
• (doctor's office): office (UK)
• medical speciality
• brain surgery
• bypass surgery
• meatball surgery
• neurosurgery
• remote surgery
• telesurgery
Source: Wiktionary
Sur"ge*ry, n. Etym: [OE. surgenrie, surgerie; cf. OF. cirurgie, F. chirurgie, L. chirurgia, Gr. Surgeon.]
1. The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment.
2. A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
