chirurgery
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French cirurgerie. Compare surgery.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chirurgery (countable and uncountable, plural chirurgeries)
- (archaic) Synonym of surgery.
- 1714, John Ayliffe, The Antient and Present State of the University of Oxford:
- A Student in Chirurgery is admitted to practise throughout England, if he has been honestly and skilfully exercent therein for seven Years, and has gone through two Operations in Anatomy, and performed three Cures (at the least) […]