noun The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).
Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
noun The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
noun A room or department where surgery is performed.
noun A doctor's office; a clinic.
I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
noun A medical practitioner’s office hours.
noun Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.
noun A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
noun The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.