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English word surgery comes from Modern Greek (1453-) χειρουργός ((medicine) surgeon.), Ancient Greek (to 1453) χειρουργός, Ancient Greek (to 1453) ἔργον, Ancient Greek (to 1453) χείρ

χειρουργός (Modern Greek)

(medicine) surgeon.

χειρουργός (Ancient Greek)

ἔργον (Ancient Greek)

χείρ (Ancient Greek)

Chirurg (German)

Surgeon (male or of unspecified sex) (doctor who performs surgery).

χειρουργία (Ancient Greek)

chirurgus (Latin)

Surgeon, chirurgeon.

chirurgiam (Latin)

cīrurgia (Malayalam)

cirurgie (Old French)

surgerie (Old French)

surgery (English)

(British) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".. (medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and [...]

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