cirugía

Meaning

surgery

Concepts

surgery

Surgery

chirurgery

Hyphenated as

ci‧ru‧gí‧a

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θiɾuˈxia/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], borrowed from Latin chīrurgia, from chīrurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) (cf. χειρουργία (kheirourgía)), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, labor”).

Sentences

Es considerado uno de los fundadores de la escuela de cirugía parisina .

He is considered one of the founders of the Parisian school of surgery.

Puede realizarse mediante cirugía abierta o con laparoscopia .

It can be done by open surgery or laparoscopy.