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osteotomy vs surgery

surgery vs osteotomy

osteotomy and surgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
osteotomy Yes No No No
surgery Yes No No No
As nouns, surgery is a hypernym of osteotomy; that is, surgery is a word with a broader meaning than osteotomy:
  • osteotomy: surgical sectioning of bone
  • surgery: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
Other hypernyms of osteotomy include operation, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.
osteotomy (noun) surgery (noun)
surgical sectioning of bone a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
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