surgery

English

Etymology

From Middle English surgerie, from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝd͡ʒəɹi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːd͡ʒəɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

surgery (countable and uncountable, plural surgeries)

1. (medicine, usually uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

   Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

3. (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
4. A room or department where surgery is performed.
   • 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow, published 2007, page 51:

     The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.

6. (British) A doctor's office.

   I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.

7. (British) A medical practitioner’s office hours.
   • 1972, James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small:

     Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time.

8. (British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.

   Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.

9. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
10. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
11. (by extension, figurative) Drastic changes made to anything.
    • 2019, Ian Griffiths, Programming C# 8.0: Build Cloud, Web, and Desktop Applications, page 716:

      The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword.

Synonyms

• (procedure): operation, bright lights and cold steel (informal)
• (site of surgical operations): operating room, operating theatre, theatre, bright lights and cold steel (informal)
• (doctor's office): office (UK)

Hypernyms

• medical speciality

Hyponyms

• bloodless surgery
• bottom surgery
• brain surgery
• bypass surgery
• gender-affirming surgery
• meatball surgery
• neurosurgery
• remote surgery
• telesurgery

 

Derived terms

• aesthetic surgery
• antisurgery
• biosurgery
• bottom surgery
• Caldwell-Luc surgery
• cardiosurgery
• chemosurgery
• chest surgery
• cosmetic surgery
• craniosurgery
• cryosurgery
• cybersurgery
• Dehn surgery
• dental surgery
• dermasurgery
• domino surgery
• electrosurgery
• endosurgery
• esthetic surgery
• gastrosurgery
• gender confirmation surgery
• gender reallocation surgery
• general surgery
• hydrosurgery
• hypnosurgery
• immunosurgery
• keyhole surgery
• laparoscopic surgery
• laser eye surgery
• laser surgery
• liposurgery
• lower surgery
• macrosurgery
• microfracture surgery
• microradiosurgery
• microsurgery
• nanosurgery
• open-heart surgery
• oral surgery
• orthosurgery
• otosurgery
• phonosurgery
• piezosurgery
• plastic surgery
• polysurgery
• postsurgery
• presurgery
• proctosurgery
• psychic surgery
• psychosurgery
• radiosurgery
• rhinosurgery
• rocket surgery
• rocket surgery
• self-surgery
• sex reassignment surgery
• shotgun surgery
• single-incision laparoscopic surgery
• surgeon
• surgery hours
• surgerymaxx
• surgical
• surgiholic
• telesurgery
• Tommy John surgery
• top surgery
• tree surgery
• upper surgery
• vanity surgery
• videosurgery

 

Translations

procedure involving major incisions

• Arabic: عَمَلِيَّة جِرَاحِيَّة f (ʕamaliyya jirāḥiyya), جِرَاحَة f (jirāḥa)

  South Levantine Arabic: جِرَاحَة f (jirāḥa), عَمَلِيَّة f (ʕamaliyya)

• Armenian: վիրահատություն (hy) (virahatutʻyun), օպերացիա (hy) (ōperacʻia)
• Asturian: operación f
• Belarusian: апера́цыя f (apjerácyja)
• Bengali: অস্ত্রোপচার (bn) (ostrōpcar)
• Bulgarian: опера́ция (bg) f (operácija)
• Catalan: cirurgia (ca) f, operació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手術／手术 (zh) (shǒushù)

• Czech: operace (cs) f, lékařský zákrok m, chirurgický zákrok m
• Danish: operation (da) c
• Dutch: operatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: operacio (eo)
• Finnish: leikkaus (fi), leikkaushoito (fi)
• French: chirurgie (fr) f, opération (fr) f
• Galician: operación (gl) f
• Georgian: ოპერაცია (ka) (oṗeracia)
• German: Chirurgie (de) f, Operation (de) f
• Greek: χειρουργείο (el) n (cheirourgeío)

  Ancient: χειρουργία f (kheirourgía)

• Hebrew: ניתוח / נִתּוּחַ (he) m (nitúakh)
• Hindi: शल्यचिकित्सा (hi) f (śalyacikitsā)
• Hungarian: operáció (hu), műtét (hu)
• Icelandic: uppskurður m
• Ido: kirurgio (io)
• Indonesian: operasi (id), pembedahan (id)
• Irish: cur faoi scian m, gnáthamh máinliachta m, obráid f
• Italian: chirurgia (it) f, operazione chirurgica f, intervento chirurgico (it) m, operazione (it) f
• Japanese: 手術 (ja) (しゅじゅつ, shujutsu)
• Khmer: ការវះកាត់ (kaa vĕəh kat), សល្យកម្ម (salyĕəʼkam)
• Korean: 수술(手術) (ko) (susul)
• Lao: ສັນຍະກຳ (lo) (san nya kam), ສັນລະຍະກຳ (san la nya kam)
• Latin: chīrurgia f
• Macedonian: операција (mk) f (operacija)
• Malay: pembedahan (ms)
• Marathi: शस्त्रक्रिया f (śastrakriyā)
• Navajo: naʼagizh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: operasjon m

• Occitan: cirurgia (oc) f
• Persian: جراحی (fa) (jarrâhi)
• Polish: operacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: operação (pt) f, cirurgia (pt)
• Romanian: operație (ro) f
• Russian: опера́ция (ru) f (operácija)
• Sardinian: chirurgia f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: опера́ција f

  Roman: operácija (sh) f

• Slovak: operácia f
• Slovene: operacija (sl) f
• Spanish: operación (es) f, cirugía (es)
• Swedish: operation (sv) c
• Tagalog: palatistisan
• Tajik: ҷарроҳи (jarroh-i)
• Telugu: శస్త్రచికిత్స (te) (śastracikitsa)
• Thai: ศัลยกรรม (th) (sǎn-yá-gam)
• Turkish: ameliyat (tr)
• Ukrainian: опера́ція f (operácija)
• Uzbek: operatsiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: phẫu thuật (vi)
• Welsh: llawdriniaeth (cy) f, llawfeddygwaith m
• Yiddish: אָפּעראַציע f (operatsye)

medical specialty

• Albanian: kirurgji (sq) f
• Arabic: جِرَاحَة f (jirāḥa)
• Armenian: վիրաբուժություն (hy) (virabužutʻyun)
• Asturian: ciruxía f, ceruxía f
• Azerbaijani: cərrahiyyə, cərrahlıq
• Belarusian: хірургі́я f (xirurhíja)
• Bulgarian: хиру́ргия f (hirúrgija)
• Burmese: ခွဲစိတ်ကုပညာ (my) (hkwai:citku.pa.nya)
• Catalan: cirurgia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外科學／外科学 (zh) (wàikēxué) (science), 外科 (zh) (wàikē)

• Czech: chirurgie (cs) f
• Danish: kirurgi c
• Dutch: heelkunde (nl) f, chirurgie (nl) f
• Esperanto: ĥirurgio, kirurgio (eo)
• Estonian: kirurgia
• Finnish: kirurgia (fi)
• French: chirurgie (fr) f
• Galician: cirurxía (gl) f
• Georgian: ქირურგია (ka) (kirurgia)
• German: Chirurgie (de) f
• Greek: χειρουργική (el) f (cheirourgikí)

  Ancient: χειρουργική f (kheirourgikḗ)

• Hebrew: כִירוּרְגְּיָה (he) f (kirúrgya)
• Hindi: शल्यचिकित्सा (hi) f (śalyacikitsā)
• Hungarian: sebészet (hu)
• Icelandic: uppskurður m
• Indonesian: bedah (id), ilmu bedah (id)
• Irish: máinliacht f
• Italian: chirurgia (it) f
• Japanese: 外科 (ja) (げか, geka), 外科学 (ja) (げかがく, gekagaku)
• Kazakh: хирургия (xirurgiä)
• Khmer: សល្យសាស្ត្រ (km) (salyĕəʼsaah)
• Korean: 외과(外科) (ko) (oegwa), 외과학(外科學) (oegwahak)
• Kyrgyz: хирургия (ky) (hirurgiya)
• Lao: ສັນລະຍະສາດ (san la nya sāt)
• Latvian: ķirurģija f
• Lithuanian: chirurgija f
• Macedonian: хирургија (mk) f (hirurgija)
• Malay: pembedahan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kirurgi m

• Occitan: cirurgia (oc) f
• Pashto: جراحي (ps) f (jarrāhi)
• Persian: جراحی (fa) (jarrâhi)
• Polish: chirurgia (pl) f
• Portuguese: cirurgia (pt) f
• Romanian: chirurgie (ro) f
• Russian: хирурги́я (ru) f (xirurgíja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: киру̀ргија f, хиру̀ргија f

  Roman: kirùrgija (sh) f, hirùrgija

• Slovak: chirurgia (sk) f
• Slovene: kirurgija (sl) f
• Spanish: cirugía (es) f
• Swedish: kirurgi (sv) c
• Tagalog: palatistisan
• Tajik: ҷарроҳи (jarroh-i)
• Thai: ศัลยศาสตร์ (sǎn-lá-yá-sàat)
• Turkish: cerrahlık (tr), cerrahi (tr)
• Ukrainian: хірургі́я f (xirurhíja)
• Urdu: جَراحَت f (jarāhat)
• Uzbek: xirurgiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngoại khoa (vi)
• Welsh: llawfeddygaeth (cy) f
• Yiddish: כירורגיע f (khirurgye)

room or department where surgery is performed

• Bulgarian: операцио́нна (bg) f (operaciónna)
• Catalan: quiròfan (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外科 (zh) (wàikē)

• Czech: chirurgie (cs) f
• Dutch: operatiekamer (nl) c
• Finnish: leikkaussali (fi) (room), kirurginen osasto (department)
• French: salle opératoire f
• German: Operationssaal (de) m
• Greek: χειρουργείο (el) n (cheirourgeío)
• Hungarian: műtő (hu)
• Indonesian: kamar operasi, kamar bedah
• Irish: áras máinliachta m
• Italian: sala operatoria f
• Japanese: 手術室 (しゅじゅつしつ, shujutsusitsu)
• Korean: 수술실(手術室) (ko) (susulsil)
• Portuguese: sala de cirurgia/operação f
• Russian: (room) операцио́нная (ru) f (operaciónnaja), хирурги́ческое отделе́ние n (xirurgíčeskoje otdelénije)
• Spanish: quirófano (es) m, pabellón (es) m
• Swedish: operationssal (sv) c
• Turkish: ameliyathane (tr), şirürji (department)
• Ukrainian: операці́йна f (operacíjna), хірургі́чне відді́лення n (xirurhíčne viddílennja)
• Yiddish: כירורגיע f (khirurgye)

doctor's consulting room

• Bulgarian: ле́карски кабине́т m (lékarski kabinét)
• Catalan: consultori (ca) m, consulta (ca) f
• Dutch: spreekkamer (nl)
• Finnish: vastaanotto (fi), vastaanottohuone (fi)
• French: cabinet (fr) m
• German: Ordinationsraum (de) m
• Greek: ιατρείο (el) n (iatreío)
• Hungarian: rendelő (hu)
• Irish: lialann f
• Italian: ambulatorio (it) m
• Maori: whare rata
• Polish: gabinet lekarski
• Portuguese: consultório (pt) m
• Russian: кабине́т врача́ m (kabinét vračá)
• Spanish: consulta (es) f, consultorio (es) m
• Turkish: muayenehane (tr)
• Ukrainian: лі́карський кабіне́т m (líkarsʹkyj kabinét), кабіне́т лі́каря m (kabinét líkarja)
• Welsh: meddygfa f

any consulting room

• Finnish: vastaanottohuone (fi), vastaanotto (fi)
• Hungarian: fogadóhelyiség, tárgyalóterem (hu), iroda (hu)
• Portuguese: consultório (pt) m
• Spanish: consulta (es) f, consultorio (es) m

any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician

• Hungarian: fogadóóra (hu), ügyfélfogadás (hu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} chirurgia (it) f
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} శస్త్రచికిత్స (te) (śastracikitsa)

References

• Surgery (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Guerrys

Middle English

Noun

surgery

1. Alternative form of surgerie