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