Meaning & Definition of Surgery in English

1. The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

• "He is professor of surgery at the harvard medical school"

2. A room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted

• "He read the warning in the doctor's surgery"

3. A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

• "Great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"

4. 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"