Dictionary Check: surgery
"surgery" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
Example:
"he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"
noun
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
Example:
"he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"
noun
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
Example:
"great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
noun
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Example:
"they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"
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