English Dictionary

surgery

/ˈsɝd͡ʒəɹi/

noun

(medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body. / (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.

He underwent surgery to remove the tumor.

意味（1）

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

Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

意味（2）

(medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.

意味（3）

A room or department where surgery is performed.

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

意味（4）

(Britain) A doctor's office.

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

意味（5）

(Britain) 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.

意味（6）

(finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".

意味（7）

(topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.