/ˈsɜːdʒəri/
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Translation
Medical work in which a doctor cuts open the body to mend something inside.
Word origin
From Greek kheirourgia, meaning work done by hand.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- kheirourgia
- English cognates
- surgeon
Grammar
Gender
Pluralsurgeries
Examples
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"Surgery" is the work a doctor does by cutting the body.
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Here "the surgery" means one operation.
Britain .
This second meaning is British English.
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