Surgery | Mean of surgery in English Dictionary

/ˈsɚʤəri/

• Noun
• medical treatment in which a doctor cuts into someone's body in order to repair or remove damaged or diseased parts
1. He's a specialist in brain surgery.
2. The doctor has recommended surgery.
3. He has recently undergone surgery on his shoulder.
4. The patient is still in surgery. [=still being operated on]
5. The doctor has been in surgery [=performing an operation] for two hours.
6. She is now recovering from her surgery. [=operation]
7. a doctor who has performed many surgeries
• the area in a hospital where surgery is performed
1. The patient was taken directly to surgery.
• a place where a doctor or dentist treats people
1. I was waiting in the doctor's surgery. [=(US) office]

• a special period of time when people can visit a member of the British Parliament to ask questions