surgery


Babylon EnglishDownload this dictionary
surgery
n. treatment of diseases and injuries by medical operation; operation performed by a surgeon; room in which surgical operations are performed

English Wikipedia - The Free EncyclopediaDownload this dictionary
Surgery
Surgery (from the cheirourgikē (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via , meaning "hand work") is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas (for example, a perforated ear drum).

See more at Wikipedia.org...


© This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
WordNet 2.0Download this dictionary
surgery

Noun
1. the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"
(hypernym) medical science
(class) maxillofacial
2. a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"
(hypernym) room
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
(synonym) operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre
(hypernym) hospital room
4. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
(synonym) operation, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
(hypernym) medical procedure
(hyponym) ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision
(part-meronym) hemostasis, haemostasis, hemostasia, haemostasia
(class) freeze


Babylon English-CzechDownload this dictionary
surgery
n. chirurgie; chirurgický zákrok; ordinace

Babylon English-PolishDownload this dictionary
surgery
Rzecz. operacja; zabieg chirurgiczny; gabinet (lekarski); godziny przyjęć