surgery
noun
[ ˈsəːdʒ(ə)ri ]
• the branch of medical practice that treats injuries, diseases, and deformities by the physical removal, repair, or readjustment of organs and tissues, often involving cutting into the body.
• "cardiac surgery"
• a place where a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner treats or advises patients.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French surgerie, contraction of serurgerie, from serurgien (see surgeon).
