a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ) |
a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations | a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass |
a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted | |
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | |