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Definition surgery in American English

surgery noun

noun
/ˈsɜrdʒəri/
1

medical treatment in which a doctor cuts open someone's body

Example

He had to undergo heart bypass surgery.

Example

doctors who perform several surgeries a day

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1.1

a room in a hospital where doctors do surgery

Example

Take him up to surgery.

Example

Doctor Corday will be in surgery all morning.

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2

a doctor's or dentist's office

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Definition surgery in American English