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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Surgery

Sûr'geon-ry, n.

noun

n. The office or employment of a surgeon in the naval or military service.

Sûr'ger-y, n.

noun

n. [Contracted from O. Eng. surgeonry.]

  1. The art of healing by manual operation: that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; sometimes, that branch of medical science which has for its principal object the cure of external injuries.
  2. A place where surgical operations are performed, or medicines prepared.