surgery

The act or process of medical intervention involving incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body; an instance of this process (a procedure).uncountableusually

• Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.

The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.countableuncountable

A room or department where surgery is performed.countableuncountable

• The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery.

A doctor's office; a clinic.UKcountableuncountable

• I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.

A medical practitioner’s office hours.UKcountableuncountable

• Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time.

Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.UKcountableuncountable

• Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.

A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".countableslanguncountable

The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.countableuncountable

Drastic changes made to anything.broadlycountablefiguratively

• The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword.