S: (n) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body) "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
S: (n) angioplasty (an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary artery)
S: (n) arthroplasty (surgical reconstruction or replacement of a malformed or degenerated joint)
S: (n) arthroscopy (a minimally invasive operation to repair a damaged joint; the surgeon examines the joint with an arthroscope while making repairs through a small incision)
S: (n) castration (surgical removal of the testes or ovaries (usually to inhibit hormone secretion in cases of breast cancer in women or prostate cancer in men)) "bilateral castration results in sterilization"
S: (n) dilation and curettage, dilatation and curettage, D and C (a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion)
S: (n) electrosurgery (surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery))
S: (n) enterostomy, enterotomy (surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine)
S: (n) enucleation (surgical removal of something without cutting into it) "the enucleation of the tumor"
S: (n) gastroenterostomy (surgical creation of an opening between the stomach wall and the small intestines; performed when the normal opening has been eliminated)
S: (n) gastrostomy (surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage))
S: (n) hysterotomy (surgical incision into the uterus (as in cesarean section))
S: (n) implantation (a surgical procedure that places something in the human body) "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland"
S: (n) intestinal bypass (surgical operation that shortens the small intestine; used in treating obesity)
S: (n) jejunostomy (surgical creation of an opening between the jejunum and the anterior abdominal wall; will allow artificial feeding)
S: (n) major surgery (any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance)
S: (n) microsurgery (surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures)
S: (n) minor surgery (any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance)
S: (n) myotomy (surgical incision or division of a muscle)
S: (n) phlebectomy (surgical removal or all or part of a vein; sometimes done in cases of severe varicose veins)
S: (n) photocoagulation (surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina)
S: (n) resection (surgical removal of part of a structure or organ)
S: (n) rhinotomy (surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus)
S: (n) rhizotomy (surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms)
S: (n) sex-change operation, transsexual surgery (surgical procedures and hormonal treatments designed to alter a person's sexual characteristics so that the resemble those of the opposite sex)
S: (n) Shirodkar's operation, purse-string operation (a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman; is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies)
S: (n) strabotomy (the surgical operation of cutting a muscle or tendon of the eye in order to correct strabismus)
S: (n) taxis (the surgical procedure of manually restoring a displaced body part)
S: (n) tracheostomy, tracheotomy (a surgical operation that creates an opening into the trachea with a tube inserted to provide a passage for air; performed when the pharynx is obstructed by edema or cancer or other causes)
S: (n) transplant, transplantation, organ transplant (an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)) "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago"
S: (n) trephination (an operation that removes a circular section of bone from the skull)
S: (n) tympanoplasty (surgical correction or repair of defects or injuries in the eardrum or the bones of the middle ear)