chirurgery

[ kahy-rur-juh-ree ]

/ kaɪˈrɜr dʒə ri /

noun Archaic.

surgery.

Origin of chirurgery

1350–1400; chirurg(eon) + -ery; replacing Middle English sirurgerie < Middle French cirurgerie < Latin chīrūrg(ia) (< Greek cheirourgía; see chirurgeon, -ia) + Old French -erie -ery

OTHER WORDS FROM chirurgery

chi·rur·gic, chi·rur·gi·cal, adjective

Words nearby chirurgery

chirren, chirrup, chirrupy, chiru, chirurgeon, chirurgery, chirurgical, chisanbop, chisel, chisel plow, chisel point

Example sentences from the Web for chirurgery

We try also all poisons, and other medicines upon them, as well of chirurgery as physic.

Ideal Commonwealths |Various
The garden and beehive are all her physic and chirurgery, and she lives the longer for it.

Character Writings of the 17th Century |Various
This sounds absurd only to those who have not perused the Receipts in Physick and Chirurgery.

The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened |Kenelm Digby
Had I ever outlived that field in Brabant but for my most lucky mischance, lack of chirurgery?

The Cloister and the Hearth |Charles Reade

Fats and Unguents never appear in their Chirurgery, when the Skin is once broke.

A New Voyage to Carolina |John Lawson