surgery

noun

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

   noun.cognition

   Examples

   He is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted

   noun.artifact

   Examples

   He read the warning in the doctor's surgery.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

   noun.artifact

   Synonyms operating room operating theater operating theatre or

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.act

   Examples

   He died while undergoing surgery.

   Synonyms operation surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. 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.

   noun

   Source: webster1913