surgeries
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Definitions ofsurgeries
- A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
Example: "Many times surgery is necessary to prevent cancer from spreading."
- The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
- A room or department where surgery is performed.
- A doctor's office.
Example: "I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids."
- Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.
Example: "Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday."
- (bankruptcy) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
- The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
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