| surgeful | Abounding in surges; surgy. "Tossing the surgeful tides." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| surgeon | <specialist> A medically qualified doctor who has specialised in the removal of organs, masses, tumours, the repair of ruptures, the diversion of channels etc using the knife. Traditionally in old England this was left to unqualified barbers and presumably because of inverted snobbery, the modern day medically qualified surgeons may prefer to be addressed as Mr or Miss instead of Dr. Surgeons are generally highly thought of and even worshipped because the results of their work are generally easily visible (tangible). (16 Dec 1997) |
| surgeon general | The chief medical officer in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service. In some foreign military services any member of the medical corps who has the rank of general, not necessarily the chief medical officer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgeon's knot | The first loop of the knot has two throws rather than a single throw. The second loop has only one throw and that is placed in a square knot fashion leaving the free ends in the same plane as the first loop. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgery | An operation. (16 Dec 1997) |
| surgery department, hospital | Hospital department which administers all departmental functions and the provision of surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgery, oral | A dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disease, injuries, and defects of the human oral and maxillofacial region. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgery, plastic | The branch of surgery concerned with restoration, reconstruction, or improvement of defective, damaged, or missing structures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgery, veterinary | A board-certified specialty of veterinary medicine, requiring at least four years of special education, training, and practice of veterinary surgery after graduation from veterinary school. In the written, oral, and practical examinations candidates may choose either large or small animal surgery. (12 Dec 1998) |
| surgical | <surgery> Of, pertaining to or correctable by surgery. (18 Nov 1997) |
| surgical anaesthesia | Any anaesthesia administered for the purpose of permitting performance of an operative procedure, as differentiated from obstetrical, diagnostic, and therapeutic anaesthesia, loss of sensation with muscle relaxation adequate for an operative procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical anatomy | Applied anatomy in reference to surgical diagnosis and treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical appliance | A metal or plastic appliance constructed prior to surgery and used to immobilise or support mucosal, skin, bone, or bone marrow grafts during the postoperative phase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical ciliated cyst | A cyst that arises from maxillary sinus epithelium implanted along a line of surgical entry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surgical debridement | <procedure, surgery> The surgical removal of dead tissue, debris and contaminants from a wound. (27 Sep 1997) |