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surgery
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 7
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- URGER
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
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”
noun
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
“great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic”
noun
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
“he read the warning in the doctor's surgery”
noun
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
“he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School”
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Example Sentences
they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
he died while undergoing surgery
great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic
he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School
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