Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CHI-RUR'GE-RY
CHI-RUR'GEONCHI-RUR'GIC, or CHI-RUR'GIC-AL
CHI-RUR'GE-RY, n. [Gr. χειρουργια. See Chirurgeon.]
That part of the medical art which consists in healing diseases and wounds by instruments and external applications; now written surgery.
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