[sur.gery] n, pl -ger.ies [ME surgerie, fr. MF cirurgie, surgerie, fr. L chirurgia, fr. Gk cheirourgia, fr. cheirourgos surgeon, fr. cheirourgos doing by hand, fr. cheir hand + ergon work--more at chir-, work] (14c) 1: a branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or amenable to operative or manual procedures
2: alterations made as if by surgery "literary ~" 3 a Brit: a physician's or dentist's office b: a room or area where surgery is performed
4. a: the work done by a surgeon b: operation