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surgery vs gastrostomy

gastrostomy vs surgery

surgery and gastrostomy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
surgery Yes No No No
gastrostomy Yes No No No
As nouns, gastrostomy is a hyponym of surgery; that is, gastrostomy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surgery:
  • surgery: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  • gastrostomy: surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)
surgery (noun) gastrostomy (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)
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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