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   surgery

   /ˈsəːdʒ(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. the branch of medical practice that treats injuries, diseases, and deformities by the physical removal, repair, or readjustment of organs and tissues, often involving cutting into the body: "cardiac surgery"
   • 2. a place where a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner treats or advises patients. British
   • ▪ a period of time during which patients may visit a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner for treatment or advice: "Doctor Bailey had finished his evening surgery"
   • ▪ an occasion on which an MP, lawyer, or other professional person gives advice.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French surgerie, contraction of serurgerie, from serurgien (see surgeon).

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