1. surgery - noun
· the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School"
Hypernym(s): medical_science
2. surgery - noun
· a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the warning in the doctor's surgery"
Hypernym(s): room
3. surgery - noun
· a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
Synonym(s): operating_room, OR, operating_theater, operating_theatre
Hypernym(s): hospital_room
4. surgery - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): operation, surgical_operation, surgical_procedure, surgical_process
Hypernym(s): medical_procedure
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