Definitions for surgery

surgery sur·ger·y

Spelling: [sur-juh-ree]
IPA: /ˈsɜr dʒə ri/

Surgery is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in surgery (egrrsuy).

Definitions for surgery

noun

  1. the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures.
  2. the branch of medicine concerned with such treatment.
  3. treatment, as an operation, performed by a surgeon.
  4. a room or place for surgical operations.
  5. British. a doctor's or dentist's office or office hours.

Origin of surgery

1250-1300; Middle English surgerie Old French cirurgerie chirurgery

Examples for surgery

“As far as we were aware, and as far as the surgeon was aware, the surgery was a go,” Shaheen sighs.

As I sign the forms to be admitted to have surgery the next day, I ask my husband the date.

I feel sorry because (patients) got the surgery with improper devices, so they might suffer from it.

There was no doctor near, nor anyone who knew anything of surgery.

When the father arrived at the hospital, he was told that Andrew Dossi was in surgery, but the wounds were not life-threatening.

My two years at lectures had not been passed in vain, and surgery had been my hobby.

If there be any,” says he, “it is beyond the reach of surgery.

Even the most jealous of that most jealous of professions, surgery, had to admit that he got results.

Before my father had his surgery, my brother wanted to get down all the stories about his Kansas City childhood.

They gave him every assistance that medicine and surgery could afford.

Word Value for surgery
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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