SURGERY

SUR ·GE ·RY 3 syllables

B1 · Intermediate 📏 7 letters 🎲 Scrabble 11 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
  2. a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
  3. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
  4. a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments

💬 Examples

  • "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"
  • "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"
  • "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
  • "performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body"
← Unscramble SURGERY