Examples of surgery in a Sentence
Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Rare snake with two heads undergoes surgery to remove ovaries.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
Huerter underwent season-ending surgery to repair a torn labrum.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 7 Apr. 2024
The infection forced him to wait a year before receiving hip replacement surgery, during which time his muscles and ligaments had atrophied.
—The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2024
Fellow forward Christian Wood, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee March 19, is likely to miss the rest of the regular season.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Jase was rushed into emergency surgery to try to stop the bleeding.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
Stefano Bini, a professor at UC San Francisco’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, has been working with sensors that can assess the recovery progress after a person has knee replacement surgery.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
To avoid the need for invasive surgery to replace these devices once their batteries run out, scientists have sought to develop implants that can derive power from the body.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Middle English surgerie, from Anglo-French cirurgerie, surgerie, from Latin chirurgia, from Greek cheirourgia, from cheirourgos surgeon, from cheirourgos doing by hand, from cheir hand + ergon work — more at chir-, work
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgery. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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surgery
noun
Middle English surgerie "surgery," from early French cirurgerie, surgerie (same meaning), from Latin chirurgia (same meaning), derived from Greek cheirourgos "surgeon," from cheirourgos "doing by hand," from cheir "hand" and ergon "work"
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