a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient |
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations | the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude |
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted | altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value |
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | |