surgery

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable, usually) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
2. (countable, uncountable) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
3. (countable, uncountable) A room or department where surgery is performed.
4. (British, countable, uncountable) A doctor's office; a clinic.
5. (British, countable, uncountable) A medical practitioner’s office hours.
6. (British, countable, uncountable) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
7. (countable, slang, uncountable) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
8. (countable, uncountable) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
9. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Drastic changes made to anything.

Sinonieme

operation

surgical operation

operating room

surgical procedure

operating theater

operating theatre

incision

OR

surgical process

cutback

cutting

haircut

💇

intersection

intervention

jump cut

levee

office

🏢

operate

paper

plane section

presence

reception

reception desk

reception room

remark

response

section

shear

speech

welcome

doctor’s office

first-aid post

plastic surgery

consulting-room

acceptance

reception line

aid station

anaplasty

at home

attendance

beauty parlour

chirurgery

cosmetic surgery

cut

Vertalings

chirurgie

cirugía

Chirurgie

chirurgia

cirurgia

chirurgie

opération

χειρουργική

cirurgia

heelkunde

Operation

operazione

جراحة

wondheelkunde

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɝd͡ʒəɹi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: surgerie

In summary

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.