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): (file)

Noun

surgery (countable and uncountable, plural surgeries)

(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.
(medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
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.
(British) A doctor's office; a clinic.
I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
(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.
(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.
(finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
(topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
(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

Derived terms

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 (ja) (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

Alternative form of surgerie