a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken |
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations | a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land |
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted | an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend |
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape |