n.
Pronunciation: ' s ə rj-r ē , ' s ə r-j ə -
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ger · ies
Etymology: Middle English surgerie, from Anglo-French cirurgerie, surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Greek cheirourgia, from cheirourgos surgeon, from cheirourgos doing by hand, from cheir hand + ergon work ― more at CHIR- , WORK
Date: 14th century
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 surgery >
3 a British : 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