medical treatment in which a doctor cuts into a body

plural of surgery

Anything overly complex, detailed or confusing.

(surgery) A surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland and certain diseases of the skin.

(medicine) Surgery which alters a person's physical appearance, performed not for health reasons but in order to increase his or her beauty or physical appeal; cosmetic surgery.

Any surgery using a laser to cut tissue instead of a scalpel. / The field thereof.

Synonym of telesurgery

The time during which a medical doctor regularly receives patients to his or her surgery for consultation or treatment.

cosmetic surgery

A surgery where a dentist works