From Middle English surgerie, borrowed from Old French surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgy.

surgery (countable and uncountable, plural surgeries)

site of surgical operations

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room or department where surgery is performed