{"id":8129,"date":"2020-02-24T08:40:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T08:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=8129"},"modified":"2023-10-30T09:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T09:58:28","slug":"surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Surgery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-81956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Surgery-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>That branch of medical science concerned with the treatment of diseases or injuries by means of manual or operative methods.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The procedures performed by a surgeon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A medical specialty concerned with the operative treatment of diseases.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Any operative or manual procedure undertaken for the diagnosis or treatment of a disease or other disorder; the branch of medicine concerned with diseases which require or are responsive to such treatment; or the work done by a surgeon (one who practices surgery).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The treatment of diseases or disorders by procedures which require an operation to cut into, to remove or to manipulate tissue, organs or parts.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A room where a doctor or dentist sees and examines patients.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>That branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of injuries and diseases by operations and manipulation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The specialty in medicine that focuses on diseases, injuries, or conditions best managed or treated by procedures that involve opening, manipulating, and repairing a part of the body. 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