Definition von „surgery“ auf Englisch

noun

1. (medicine, usually uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

   • Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

2. (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.

3. A room or department where surgery is performed.

4. (British) A doctor's office; a clinic.

   • I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.

5. (British) A medical practitioner’s office hours.

6. (British) 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.

7. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".

8. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.

9. (by extension, figurative) Drastic changes made to anything.