a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce) |
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations | the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other microorganisms (usually by heat or chemical means) |
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted | |
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | |