surgery

  1. Noun.  (medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
  2. Noun.  (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
  3. Noun.  A room or department where surgery is performed.
  4. Noun.  (British) A doctor's consulting room.
  5. Noun.  (British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, similar to a doctor's surgery.
  6. Noun.  (finance, bankruptcy) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
  7. Noun.  (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.

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