surgery medicine(sur'je-re). i

That which deals with department of operative or manipulative "treatment. 2. As used in Great Britain, a place in which a surgeon does minor operations and dispenses medicines, anaplastic s. See plastic s. antiseptic s. S. practised in accordance with antiseptic methods, conservative S. S. which looks to the preservation of a part rather than its removal. major s. S. that deals with severe injuries or capital operations, military S. The s. which deals especially with the injuries received in war. minor s. S. which deals with minor operations and the dre ing of wounds, operative s. S. which has to do with the performance of operations. orthopedic s. That branch of s. that deals with the prevention and the mechanical and operative treatment of deformities, plastic S. S. which effects the restoration of parts that have been lost or destroyed, railway s. The s. of those injured on railroads. subcutaneous s. S. in which the operation is performed beneath the skin, the instruments being introduced through a small cutaneous incision, veterinary s. The s. of the domestic animals. [Old Eng., surgeire, from Gr., cheir our gia.~\