[mass noun]the branch of medicine concerned with treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation, especially with instruments 外科 cardiac surgery. 心脏外科。
(Brit.)a place where a doctor, dentist, or other medical practitioner treats or advises patients (英)诊所 ■[in sing.]an occasion on which such treatment or consultation occurs 门诊 Doctor Bailey had finished his evening surgery. 贝利医生已经结束了他的夜间门诊。 ■an occasion on which an MP, lawyer, or other professional person gives advice 接待时间(尤指议员、律师或其他专业人员接待并给予咨询的时间)
语源
Middle English: from Old French surgerie, contraction of serurgerie, from serurgien (see surgeon)