surgery

Substantiv

1. 1

   The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).

   Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

   When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation.

2. 2

   The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.

3. 3

   A room or department where surgery is performed.

   The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.

4. 4

   A doctor's office; a clinic.

   I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.

5. 5

   A medical practitioner’s office hours.

   Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time.

6. 6

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

   Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.

7. 7

   SlangA pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".

8. 8

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

9. 9

   übertragenDrastic changes made to anything.

   The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword.

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Plural

surgeries