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. Jeff Brohm:

   He's been a tremendous player for us and worked extremely hard in the offseason to overcome a hip surgery, he was getting ready to have an outstanding year.

2. Christopher Mendias:

   If you look at the mechanics in terms of the strength of that new ligament that you put in, it’s pretty good, the problem is the muscle weakness that occurs after that surgery. By the time athletes are able to return to the field or court, the side that had the ACL tear is about 40 percent weaker.

3. Liana Roodt:

   At least six to 15 surgeries are performed a month, some of the patients have paid a small fee depending on their income. This is in agreement with the billing policy of the Department of Health to cover their hospital admission. We take care of the expensive part: the surgery.

4. Otis Brawley:

   Traditional surgery is needed in some patients who have a history of bowel obstruction or other complications.

5. Whistler family:

   She underwent emergency, life-saving surgery after being airlifted…and her injuries include collapsed lungs; a broken jaw, clavicle, multiple neck vertebras, and ribs; a severed vertebral vein; significant nerve damage; and numerous related injuries.