the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease

relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

of or relating to or involving or used in surgery

of or relating to the upper jaw and face (particularly with reference to specialized surgery of the maxilla)

(surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery)

a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

(surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid

tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material