Synonyms for surgery
ˈsɜr dʒə risur·ge·ry

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1. surgerynoun

   A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

   Many times surgery is necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

   Synonyms:
   operation

2. surgerynoun

   A room or department where surgery is performed.

   I would discuss hospital policy to you more, but I’m wanted in surgery.

   Synonyms:
   operating theatre, operating room, theatre

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1. surgerynoun

   the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

   "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"

   Synonyms:
   operating room, operating theater, surgical operation, surgical procedure, operation, surgical process, operating theatre

2. surgerynoun

   a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted

   "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"

   Synonyms:
   operating room, operating theater, surgical operation, surgical procedure, operation, surgical process, operating theatre

3. operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgerynoun

   a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

   "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"

   Synonyms:
   operating room, surgical operation, surgical process, operation, operating theater, surgical procedure, operating theatre

4. operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical processnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   mathematical operation, process, procedure, operating room, surgical operation, operating theatre, cognitive operation, performance, functioning, operating theater, operation, military operation, cognitive process, surgical procedure, mental process, mathematical process, surgical process

Matched Categories

1. • Hospital Room
   • Medical Science
   • Room

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1. surgerynoun

   Synonyms:
   aciurgy

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1. List of paraphrases for "surgery":

   surgical, chirurgie, surgeries, operation, surgeon, transaction, intervention

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1. Gail Besner:

   It was an optimal operation, not only were we able to separate them, but they will have good function after surgery.

2. Katelyn Barley:

   We see that units are shut down, that some beds are not staffed because we don’t have enough, if you need and elective surgery you may be waiting longer, if you do have and emergency you may be stuck in the emergency room, so it really does effect people at home probably more than they think.

3. Hassan Ghomrawi:

   There are multiple studies that have shown that patients who do surgery when their function is very deteriorated may improve quite a bit, but their improvement is still not to the average, they lag behind in optimal benefit.

4. Francesco Rubin:

   For some, surgery may be the best choice.

5. Robert Gabbay:

   The middle range of weight loss for people in this new study was 49 pounds -- 49 pounds is a lot, it's the range of weight loss that we typically think only possible through surgery.