Thursday, May 08, 2008

Main Entry:
sur·gery

Pronunciation:
\'serj-rē, 'ser-je-\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural sur·ger·ies
Etymology:
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
Date:
14th century
1: a clinical act performed with precision and extreme technicality.
- to be done manually in a sterile environment.
- a room or place of surgical operations.
- executed with various instruments, typically of the metallic variety.
- may sometimes result in death.

Usage;

Doctor Malone,
“I’ve trained for years and years to perform my job with
the most proficient and technical expertise. On the whole
though, I’d say that being subject to my job would be
either boring and or painful.”

or

Jill, “I’m going into surgery tomorrow”
Paul, “Oh yeah? Wow that sucks”
Jill, “No way, I TOTALLY love it”
Paul, “You wouldn’t if you were awake”

Synonyms:

Ultimate frisbee, Arsis