SURGERY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SURGERY?

Need another word that means the same as “surgery”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “surgery” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Surgery” are: or, operation, therapy, medical attention, medical care, care, ministrations, nursing, medical centre, health centre, outpatients' department, polyclinic

Surgery as a Noun

Definitions of "Surgery" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “surgery” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A period of time during which patients may visit a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner for treatment or advice.
• A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations.
• The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures.
• An occasion on which an MP, lawyer, or other professional person gives advice.
• A place where a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner treats or advises patients.
• A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body.
• A room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted.
• The branch of medical practice that treats injuries, diseases, and deformities by the physical removal, repair, or readjustment of organs and tissues, often involving cutting into the body.

Synonyms of "Surgery" as a noun (12 Words)

care	The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something. The cares of family life.
health centre	A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease.
medical attention	A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person.
medical care	A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person.
medical centre	A thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person.
ministrations	Assistance in time of difficulty.
nursing	The profession or practice of providing care for the sick and infirm. A nursing sister.
operation	Psychology the performance of some composite cognitive activity an operation that affects mental contents. A multinational operation.
or	A room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations.
outpatients' department	The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France.
polyclinic	A clinic (typically one independent of a hospital) where both general and specialist examinations and treatments are available to outpatients.
therapy	The act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc. Therapy sessions.

Usage Examples of "Surgery" as a noun

• He died while undergoing surgery.
• Cardiac surgery.
• He is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School.
• Doctor Bailey had finished his evening surgery.
• He read the warning in the doctor's surgery.
• He had surgery on his ankle.

Associations of "Surgery" (30 Words)

abdominal	An abdominal muscle. Pilates greatly benefits the lower abdominals.
abscess	A swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus. One of his priorities as prime minister was to lance the abscess of corruption.
appendicitis	Inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
appendix	A tube shaped sac attached to and opening into the lower end of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals In humans the appendix is small and has no known function but in rabbits hares and some other herbivores it is involved in the digestion of cellulose. A list of such activities was published as an appendix to the report.
cataract	A large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice. She had cataracts in both eyes.
diagnose	Identify the nature of (an illness or other problem) by examination of the symptoms. She was finally diagnosed as having epilepsy.
diagnosis	Identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon. A diagnosis of Crohn s disease was made.
diarrhea	Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor.
eviscerate	Remove the contents of. Eviscerate the stomach.
grafting	The act of grafting something onto something else.
hernia	A condition in which part of an organ is displaced and protrudes through the wall of the cavity containing it (often involving the intestine at a weak point in the abdominal wall. Umbilical hernia.
hospitalize	Admit or cause (someone) to be admitted to hospital for treatment. Casey was hospitalized for chest pains.
injured	Harmed. His injured pride.
ligament	A thing which unites people or things; a bond.
operation	Psychology the performance of some composite cognitive activity an operation that affects mental contents. They were learning the basic operations of arithmetic.
organs	Edible viscera of a butchered animal.
orthopedic	Of or relating to orthopedics. Orthopedic shoes.
orthopedics	The branch of medical science concerned with disorders or deformities of the spine and joints.
outpatient	A patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is being treated. An outpatient clinic.
peritonitis	Inflammation of the peritoneum.
pneumonia	Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid Inflammation may affect both lungs double pneumonia or only one single pneumonia.
podiatrist	A specialist in care for the feet. If a toe has a discharge it is likely infected and needs to be treated by a podiatrist.
prosthetics	The branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts.
sepsis	The presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues.
splint	Support with a splint. He lit the fire with a burning splint.
stomach	Each of four stomachs in a ruminant the rumen reticulum omasum and abomasum. He cannot stomach raw fish.
transplant	An organ or tissue which is transplanted. It was proposed to transplant the club to the vacant site.
ventral	On or relating to the underside of an animal or plant; abdominal. Ventral or pelvic fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped.