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a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
e.g. they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available
e.g. he died while undergoing surgery
Synonym: operation surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process
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a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
e.g. great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic
Synonym: operating room OR operating theater operating theatre
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a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
e.g. he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
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the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
e.g. he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School