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. Deborah Favors:

   He didn't have any feeling in his legs. He had feeling in his arm and upper body, as soon as we got a( CT) scan, they said he broke( vertebrates) 3-4-5 and they rushed him up to surgery.

2. Sarah Jernigan:

   When I walked out of surgery and talked to his mom, I was able to tell his mom and dad that he was alive, but I wasn't sure what kind of recovery he would make.

3. Frank Meza:

   He wanted to come back after open heart surgery and prove them wrong.

4. Santhanam Suresh:

   What makes this different from most other pain studies is the fact that they were actually able to look at these patients prior to surgery for about a week, which adds a unique dimension to this study.

5. Julia Louis-Dreyfus:

   Up to 70 percent of breast cancer survivors who have had a mastectomy are really unsure or unaware of their reconstruction options, and many of those women who desire to have surgery don’t have sufficient insurance or other resources to cover it.