surgery

noun9

1. •
   treatment where a doctor cuts into the body to fix a part, take it out or put in a new one

   • Surgery is often necessary to prevent cancer from spreading.
2. •
   (figurative) Drastic changes made to anything.

   • The C# compiler evidently performs some major surgery on your code each time you use the await keyword. — 2019
3. •
   (UK) A doctor's office; a clinic.

   • I dropped in on the surgery as I was passing to show the doctor my hemorrhoids.
4. •
   The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
5. •
   (UK) A medical practitioner’s office hours.

   • Surgery is from six to seven o’clock. If you wanted to bring a dog in, that would be your best time. — 1972
6. •
   (UK) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic.

   • Our MP will be holding a surgery in the village hall on Tuesday.
7. •
   A room or department where surgery is performed.

   • The physician's proper place was in the library, not in the surgery. — 2006
8. •
   The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others.
9. •
   (slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".