surgery

(n) the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
- he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School
(n) a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
- he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
(n) a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
- great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic
operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, OR,
(n) a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
- they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
- he died while undergoing surgery
surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, operation,

operating room operating theater operating theatre OR surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process operation

surgeon