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