Definition
Surgery; the medical practice of operating on the body with instruments to treat disease or injury (archaic form).
Etymology
From Old French cirurgie, via Late Latin chirurgia, from Greek cheirourgeia (cheiro- 'hand' + ergon 'work'). This earlier English form gradually gave way to the simplified 'surgery.'
Kelly Says
Chirurgy is a time-capsule word that preserves the Greek etymology better than modern 'surgery'—if you know Greek, chirurgy transparently means 'hand-work,' while the modern form has become opaque!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንቁላል
en-k-u-la-al
BNবাংলা
চিকিৎসা
chikitsaa
CACatalà
quirúrgia
kee-roo-r-jee-ah
CSČeština
chirurgie
cheer-rzh-ee
DADansk
kirurgi
kee-roo-r-gee
DEDeutsch
Chirurgie
kee-r-rzh-ee
ELΕλληνικά
χειρουργική
khee-roo-r-gee-kee
ESEspañol
cirugía
seer-jee-ah
FISuomi
leikkaus
layk-kau-s
FRFrançais
chirurgie
sheer-rzh-ee
GUGU
ચિરુર્ગિક
chee-roo-r-jee-k
HEעברית
כירורגיה
kee-roo-r-gee-ah
HIहिन्दी
शल्यचिकित्सा
shalya-chikit-sa
HUMagyar
sebészet
se-bes-zet
IDBahasa Indonesia
bedah
be-dah
IGIG
chirurgery
chee-roo-jer-ee
ITItaliano
chirurgia
kee-roo-r-jee-ah
MRMR
शस्त्रक्रिया
sha-stra-kri-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
bedah
be-dah
NLNederlands
chirurgie
kee-r-rzh-ee
NONorsk
kirurgi
kee-roo-r-gee
PLPolski
chirurgia
kee-r-rzh-ee-ah
PTPortuguês
cirurgia
seer-joo-ree-ah
RORomână
chirurgie
cheer-roo-jee
RUРусский
хирургия
khirurgiya
SVSvenska
kirurgi
kee-roo-r-gee
SWKiswahili
upasuaji
oo-pa-su-a-jee
TAதமிழ்
தொடர்பு
to-dhar-pu
TEతెలుగు
చికిత్స
chiki-tsa
TLTL
operatibo
o-pe-ra-ti-boh
TRTürkçe
cerrahi
ser-rah-hee
UKУкраїнська
хірургія
khirurhiya
VITiếng Việt
phẫu thuật
fow-thuat
ZUZU
okuhlela
oh-koo-hle-la