Chirurgy vs. Surgery

Chirurgynoun

(archaic) surgery.

Surgerynoun

(medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

Surgerynoun

(medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.

Surgerynoun

A room or department where surgery is performed.

Surgerynoun

(British) A doctor's office.

Surgerynoun

(British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.

Surgerynoun

A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".

Surgerynoun

(topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.

Surgerynoun

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.

Surgerynoun

A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.

Surgerynoun

the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures;

Surgerynoun

a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted;

Surgerynoun

a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations;

Surgerynoun

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

Surgery

Surgery is a medical or dental specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function, appearance, or to repair unwanted ruptured areas. The act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply .