noun
- A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body.
- usage: "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
- synonyms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure
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