Definition of Surgery

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Surgery

The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment.

A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.

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Surgery Quotations

You know, let's put it this way, if all the people in Hollywood who have had plastic surgery, if they went on vacation, there wouldn't be a person left in town.
Michael Jackson

I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso.
Rita Rudner

I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery.
Joan Rivers

I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous.
Calvin Klein

I can't even get three weeks off to have cosmetic surgery.
Paul Lynde

I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.
James Caan

My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
Natalie Portman

I went through a big Alice Cooper phase, which was probably a major influence on my writing style later, especially after Plastic Surgery Disasters.
Jello Biafra

I'm addicted to cosmetic surgery!
Janice Dickinson

We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.
Sammy Hagar

Surgery Translations

surgery in Dutch is chirurgie, wondheelkunde, heelkunde
surgery in French is chirurgie
surgery in German is Chirurgie, Operation, Chirurgie
surgery in Portuguese is cirurgia
surgery in Swedish is kirurgi

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