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• Surgery (disambiguation) — Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative treatment. It also refers to the place where surgery is performed, or the offices of the practitioner, the surgeon.Surgery may also mean:In medicine: * In American English, a surgical procedure… …   Wikipedia

• Surgery in the Park — is the sixth compilation of comic strips of the webcomic Newshounds by Thomas K. Dye. The book covers the comics between 19 September 2003 and 12 October 2004. These comics introduced the character Nigel.There is also two special features, one… …   Wikipedia

• Surgery, elective — Surgery that is subject to choice (election). The choice may be made by the patient or doctor. For example, the time when a surgical procedure is performed may be elective. The procedure is beneficial to the patient but does not need be done at a …   Medical dictionary

• Surgery, stereotactic — Surgery in which a system of three dimensional coordinates is used to locate the site to be operated on. Stereotactic surgery is used in neurosurgery (and neurological research) for locating points within the brain. This is usually done by using… …   Medical dictionary

• Surgery — Sur ge*ry, n. [OE. surgenrie, surgerie; cf. OF. cirurgie, F. chirurgie, L. chirurgia, Gr. ?. See {Surgeon}.] 1. The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Surgery, video-assisted — Surgery that is aided by the use of a video camera that projects and enlarges the image on a television screen. Also called video assisted resection …   Medical dictionary

• surgery — c.1300, from O.Fr. surgerie, contraction of serurgerie, from L.L. chirurgia (see SURGEON (Cf. surgeon)) …   Etymology dictionary

• surgery — ► NOUN (pl. surgeries) 1) the branch of medicine concerned with treatment of bodily injuries or disorders by incision or manipulation. 2) Brit. a place where a medical practitioner treats or advises patients. 3) Brit. an occasion on which an MP,… …   English terms dictionary

• surgery — [sʉr′jər ē] n. pl. surgeries [ME < OFr cirurgie, contr. of cirurgerie < L chirurgia < Gr cheirourgia, a working with the hands, handicraft, skill < cheir (gen. cheiros), the hand + ergein, to WORK] 1. a) the treatment of disease,… …   English World dictionary

• Surgery — This article is about the medical specialty. For other uses, see Surgery (disambiguation). A cardiothoracic surgeon performs a mitral valve replacement at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. Surgery (from the Greek …   Wikipedia

• Surgery theory — In mathematics, specifically in geometric topology, surgery theory is a collection of techniques used to produce one manifold from another in a controlled way, introduced by Milnor (1961). Surgery refers to cutting out parts of the manifold… …   Wikipedia