Synonyms: surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, operation
Definition: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Usage: they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available; he died while undergoing surgery
Similar words: medical procedure
Definition: a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners
Synonyms: operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, OR, surgery
Definition: a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
Usage: great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic
Similar words: hospital room
Definition: a room in a hospital for the care of patients
Synonyms: surgery
Definition: a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
Usage: he read the warning in the doctor's surgery
Similar words: room
Definition: an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
Usage: the rooms were very small but they had a nice view
Synonyms: surgery
Definition: the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
Usage: he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School
Similar words: medical science
Definition: the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease