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surgery

sur.gery \'s*rj-(*-)re-\ n [ME surgerie, fr. OF cirurgie, surgerie, fr. L 
   chirurgiaX, fr. Gk cheirourgia, fr. cheirourgos surgeon, fr. cheirourgos 
   working with the hand, fr. cheir hand + ergon work - more at CHIR-, WORK 1: 
   a branch of medicine concerned with diseases and conditions requiring or  
   amenable to operative or manual procedures Brit  2a: a physician's or 
   dentist's office  2b: a room or area where surgery is performed  3a: the 
   work done by a surgeon  3b: OPERATION