Definition for SUR'GER-Y

SUR'GER-Y, n.

Properly, the act of healing by manual operation; or that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body. In more general sense, the act or art of healing external diseases by manual operation or by medicines; or that branch of medical science which has for its principal object the cure of external injuries. – Cooper.

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