surgery

Significat (Anglès)

  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.

Conceptes

intervenció quirúrgica

operació quirúrgica

sala d’operacions

Freqüència

B1
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈsɝd͡ʒəɹi/
Etimologia (Anglès)

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.

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