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Surgery
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Surgery
/ˈsɜːdʒəri/
A medical procedure involving an operation to repair or remove parts of the body.
Synonyms:
operation
procedure
intervention
incision
treatment
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
Examples:
I need
surgery
on my knee.
After the
surgery
, I felt much better.
Etymology:
Derived from the Greek word
kheirourgia,
from
kheir
meaning hand and
ergon
meaning work, signifying tasks performed by hand.
Usage Statistics:
45 mentions per 1 million words
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