ablation

en-noun

ablation (countable and uncountable, plural ablations)

From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) + -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix); equivalent to ablate + -ion. Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation.

af

(surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.


accipiter

(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.


cane

English: cane

Scots: cane

From Old French cane, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

(rare) a metal implement used for surgery


PI

en-noun

PI (countable and uncountable, plural PIs)

penile inversion
penile inversion#English

(surgery) Initialism of penile inversion.


grafting

(surgery) The transplanting of a portion of flesh, hair or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.


graft

graft (countable and uncountable, plural grafts)

From Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe (“stylus”), from Latin graphium (“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Doublet of graphium. Compare graphic, grammar.

(surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.


graft

en-verb

graft (third-person singular simple present grafts, present participle grafting, simple past and past participle grafted)

grafts (present singular third-person)
grafting (participle present)
grafted (participle past)
grafted (past)

(transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.


מילה

he-noun

מִילָה • (milá) f (plural indefinite מִילוֹת, singular construct מִילַת־)

מִילָה (canonical)
milá (romanization)
מִילוֹת (indefinite plural)
מִילַת־ (construct singular)


burn

en-verb

burn (third-person singular simple present burns, present participle burning, simple past and past participle burned or (mostly Commonwealth) burnt or (obsolete) brent)

burns (present singular third-person)
burning (participle present)
burned (participle past)
burned (past)
burnt (Commonwealth participle past)
burnt (Commonwealth past)
brent (obsolete participle past)
brent (obsolete past)
burn (infinitive)

Sranan Tongo: bron

Aukan: boon

From Middle English bernen, birnen, from Old English birnan (“to burn”), metathesis from Proto-West Germanic *brinnan, from Proto-Germanic *brinnaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw-, present stem from *bʰrewh₁-. Doublet of brew.
See also Middle Irish brennim (“drink up”), bruinnim (“bubble up”); also Middle Irish bréo (“flame”), Albanian burth (“Cyclamen hederifolium, mouth burning”), Sanskrit भुरति (bhurati, “moves quickly, twitches, fidgets”). More at brew.

verbranden

chemistry: to cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent


recession

en-noun

recession (countable and uncountable, plural recessions)

Borrowed from Latin recessiō, from recēdō (“recede, retreat”), from re- (“back”) + cēdō (“to go”).

Bilateral medial rectus muscle recession when angle is stable. Controversy exists regarding optimal timing of surgery. If greater than 40 prism diopter esotropia, some recommend bimedial recession with resection of one lateral rectus muscle.

2011, George L. Spaeth, Helen Danesh-Meyer, Ivan Goldberg, Ophthalmic Surgery: Principles and Practice E-Book, page 467:

(surgery) A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.


ride

en-verb

ride (third-person singular simple present rides, present participle riding, simple past rode or (obsolete) rade or (obsolete) rid, past participle ridden or (now colloquial and nonstandard) rode)

rides (present singular third-person)
riding (participle present)
rode (past)
rade (obsolete past)
rid (obsolete past)
ridden (participle past)
rode (colloquial nonstandard participle past)

From Middle English riden, from Old English rīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīdan, from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-.
Cognates:
From Proto-Germanic: North Frisian ride (“to ride”), Saterland Frisian riede (“to ride”), West Frisian ride (“to ride”), Low German rieden (“to ride”), Dutch rijden (“to ride”), German reiten (“to ride”), Danish ride (“to ride”), Swedish rida (“to ride”).
From Indo-European: Welsh rhwyddhau (“to hurry”).

set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil

(surgery) To overlap (each other); said of bones or fractured fragments.


tail

Sranan Tongo: tere

From Middle English tail, tayl, teil, from Old English tæġl (“tail”), from Proto-West Germanic *tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą (“hair, fiber; hair of a tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (“hair of the tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to tear, fray, shred”). Cognate with Scots tail (“tail”), Saterland Frisian Tail (“tail, end”), West Frisian teil (“tail”), Dutch teil (“tail, haulm, blade”), Low German Tagel (“twisted scourge, whip of thongs and ropes; end of a rope”), German Zagel (“tail”), dialectal Danish tavl (“hair of the tail”), Swedish tagel (“hair of the tail, horsehair”), Norwegian tagl (“tail”), Icelandic tagl (“tail, horsetail, ponytail”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl, “hair”). In some senses, apparently by a generalization of the usual opposition between head and tail.

cog

have the world by the tail on a downhill pull

mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails

mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails

the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it

trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail

(surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; called also tailing.


lifting

Unadapted borrowing from English lifting.


lifting

lifting (nominative singular)
liftingi (nominative plural)
liftingu (genitive singular)
liftingów (genitive plural)
liftingowi (dative singular)
liftingom (dative plural)
lifting (accusative singular)
liftingi (accusative plural)
liftingiem (instrumental singular)
liftingami (instrumental plural)
liftingu (locative singular)
liftingach (locative plural)
liftingu (singular vocative)
liftingi (plural vocative)


maser

English: mazer

Scots: maser

From Old English *maser, *mæser, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz; reinforced by Anglo-Norman mazer.

(rare, surgery) An artificial bone made of maple to repair skull injuries


刵

(historical) to cut off the ear as a punishment


neurotomist

One who is skilled in or practices neurotomy.


neurotomy

/nʊəˈɹɑtəmi/

(neuroscience) The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.

(neurology) The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes.


劓

(historical) punishment by cutting off the nose, one of the 五刑 (wǔxíng, “Five Punishments”)


staff

en-noun

staff (countable and uncountable, plural staffs or staves or staff)

staffs (plural)
staves (plural)
staff (plural)

Token (railway signalling)#Staff and ticket

→ French: staff

→ Italian: staff

→ Japanese: スタッフ (sutaffu)

→ Korean: 스태프 (seutaepeu)

→ Malay: staf

desc

→ Portuguese: stafe, staff, estafe (Brazil)

→ Spanish: staff

From Middle English staf, from Old English stæf (“letter of the alphabet”), from Proto-West Germanic *stab, from Proto-Germanic *stabaz. Cognate with Dutch staf, German Stab, Swedish stav.
Sense of "group of military officers that assists a commander" and similar meanings, attested from 1702, is influenced by or is even from German Stab.

inh

(surgery) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.


ברית

he-noun

בְּרִית • (brit) f (plural indefinite בְּרִיתוֹת, singular construct בְּרִית־, plural construct בְּרִיתוֹת־)

בְּרִית (canonical)
brit (romanization)
בְּרִיתוֹת (indefinite plural)
בְּרִית־ (construct singular)
בְּרִיתוֹת־ (construct plural)
בְּרִית (indefinite singular)
בְּרִיתִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
בְּרִיתֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַבְּרִית (definite singular)
בְּרִיתְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
בְּרִיתֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
בְּרִיתְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
בְּרִיתְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
בְּרִית־ (construct singular)
בְּרִיתוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
בְּרִיתָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
בְּרִיתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
בְּרִיתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
בְּרִיתוֹת (indefinite plural)
בריתותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
בְּרִיתוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
בְּרִיתוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַבְּרִיתוֹת (definite plural)
בְּרִיתוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
בריתותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
בְּרִיתוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
בְּרִיתוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
בְּרִיתוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
בְּרִיתוֹת־ (construct plural)
בְּרִיתוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
בְּרִיתוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
בְּרִיתוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
בְּרִיתוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

רַבִּי אוֹמֵר: עַל כׇּל עֲבֵירוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה, בֵּין עָשָׂה תְּשׁוּבָה בֵּין לֹא עָשָׂה תְּשׁוּבָה — יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים מְכַפֵּר, חוּץ מִפּוֹרֵק עוֹל, וּמְגַלֶּה פָּנִים בַּתּוֹרָה, וּמֵיפֵר בְּרִית בָּשָׂר

a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 85b:

Rabbi Judah the Prince says: any Biblical transgressions, whether repented for or not repented for, the Day of Atonement atones for them, except for rejecting the yoke of the commandments, improperly interpreting the Torah, and undoing the circumcision of the flesh.

Rabbi omér: 'al kol averót she-ba-toráh, bein 'asá tshuvá, bein lo 'asá tshuvá — yom ha-kippurím m'khapér, ḥutz mi-poréq 'ol, u-m'galléh paním ba-toráh, u-meyfér brit basar.

(Judaism) brit milah, bris, circumcision ritual


ברית

lad-noun

ברית m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling brit)

bor

Hebrew בְּרִית


ברית

bris (romanization)
brisn (romanization)

Hebrew בְּרִית


מוהל

he-noun

מוֹהֵל • (mohél) m (plural indefinite מוֹהֲלִים, singular construct מוֹהֵל־, plural construct מוֹהֲלֵי־, feminine counterpart מוֹהֶלֶת)

מוֹהֵל (canonical)
mohél (romanization)
מוֹהֲלִים (indefinite plural)
מוֹהֵל־ (construct singular)
מוֹהֲלֵי־ (construct plural)
מוֹהֶלֶת (feminine)


מוהל

מוֹהַל • (mohál) m

Root
 נ־ח־ל (n-kh-l)
 0 terms
Cognate to Classical Syriac ܡܚܠܬܐ (maḥḥalṯā, “sieve”), Arabic مِنْخَل (minḵal, “sieve”).


מוהל

yi-noun

מוהל • (moyel) m, plural מוהלים (moyelim)

moyel (romanization)
moyelim (romanization)


cup

en-verb

cup (third-person singular simple present cups, present participle cupping, simple past and past participle cupped)

cups (present singular third-person)
cupping (participle present)
cupped (participle past)
cupped (past)

Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”).
Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”) (whence also obsolete English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), German Kopf (“top, head”)).
The Middle English word was further reinforced by Anglo-Norman cupe and Old French cope, coupe, from Latin cuppa. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kop (“cup”), West Frisian kop (“cup”), Dutch kop (“cup”), German Low German Koppke, Köppke (“cup”), Danish kop (“cup”), Swedish kopp (“cup”). Doublet of coupe, hive, and keeve.

unk

obscure

cog

(transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.


snare

From Middle English snare, from Old English snearu, sneare (“a string; cord”), from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.

inh

(surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.


snare

English: snare

Scots: snare

From Old English sneare, snearu, from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ.


chandelier

/ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪə(ɹ)/

/ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪɚ/

Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela (“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. See also candle.

not the brightest bulb in the chandelier

(surgery) An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.


massa

From Dutch [Term?] from Middle Dutch masse, from Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun is derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”). Standard spelling retain double s to avoid confusion with word masa (time).

der

(surgery) tumor: a palpable or visible abnormal globular structure.


crotchet

/ˈkɹɑt͡ʃ.ɪt/

From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet.

doublet

Either Doctor Denman or an old Woman would have waited—but since the horrid death-doing Crotchet has been found out, & its use permitted—Oh! many & many a Life has been flung away.

1797 September 1, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Thraliana:

(surgery, now chiefly historical) A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery.


boob job

Do you reckon that celebrity's had a boob job?

(slang) A breast augmentation (or, less commonly, a breast reduction).


Caesarean section

en-noun

Caesarean section (countable and uncountable, plural Caesarean sections)

Likely corruption of the Latin phrase a caesō mātris uterō (“[born] from a cut in the mother’s womb”), supposedly the origin of Caesar's name. More at Caesar, at caedō, and at Caesarean section § Etymology.

Delivery of a baby through an incision in the womb.

帝王切開

ていおうせっかい teiōsekkai


koppa

head

koppa (present koppar, preterite koppade, supine koppat, imperative koppa)

koppar (present)
koppade (preterite)
koppat (supine)
koppa (imperative)
koppa (active infinitive)
koppas (infinitive passive)
koppat (active supine)
koppats (passive supine)
koppa (active imperative)
koppen (active archaic imperative plural)
koppar (active indicative present)
koppade (active indicative past)
koppas (indicative passive present)
koppades (indicative passive past)
koppa (active archaic indicative plural present)
koppade (active archaic indicative past plural)
koppas (archaic indicative passive plural present)
koppades (archaic indicative passive past plural)
koppe (active dated present subjunctive)
koppade (active dated past subjunctive)
koppes (dated passive present subjunctive)
koppades (dated passive past subjunctive)
koppande (participle present)
koppad (participle past)


obliterate

en-verb

obliterate (third-person singular simple present obliterates, present participle obliterating, simple past and past participle obliterated)

obliterates (present singular third-person)
obliterating (participle present)
obliterated (participle past)
obliterated (past)
obliterate (infinitive)

PIE word
 *h₁epi
(start of 17th century) From earlier obliterat, learned borrowing from Latin obliterātus, oblitterātus (“having been blotted out, effaced, erased; having been forgotten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)). Obliterātus and oblitterātus are respectively the perfect passive participles of obliterō and oblitterō (“to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate; to cause to be forgotten”), probably either:
* from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + littera (“letter of the alphabet; (metonymically) handwriting”) (further etymology unknown); or
* from oblītus (“disregarded, neglected; forgotten”), influenced by littera. Oblītus is the perfect passive participle of oblinō (“to daub over, besmear”), from ob- + possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“not heavy, light; brief; swift”).
cognates
* Catalan obliterar (“to erase; to cancel (a stamp); to close up or fill (a body cavity, vessel, etc.)”)
* Middle French oblitérer (modern French oblitérer (“to cause (memories) to fade; to block, obstruct; to cancel (a stamp, ticket, etc.) so it cannot be reused”))
* Portuguese obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”)
* Spanish obliterar (“to destroy completely; to erase”)

cog

/əˈblɪtəˌɹeɪt/

obliterar

to impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it

In the developing embryo the foregut is surrounded by a group of vascular structures of bilateral distribution connected with the branchial arches. Portions of these arches are obliterated to form the normally described aorta and great vessels. The ultimate persistence of only one main vascular arch, the left, as the aorta, permits the trachea and oesophagus to lie freely to its right side.

1959 September, F. Ronald Edwards, “Vascular Compression of the Trachea and Oesophagus”, in N[orman] R[upert] Barrett, J[ohn] G[uyett] Scadding, editors, Thorax, volume XIV, number 3, London: British Medical Association, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 187, column 1:

The pleural sac was obliterated by firm fibrous adhesions over the right upper lobe.

1959 December, R. H. Elphinstone, R. G. Spector, “Sarcoma of the Pulmonary Artery”, in N[orman] R[upert] Barrett, J[ohn] G[uyett] Scadding, editors, Thorax, volume XIV, number 4, London: British Medical Association, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 335, column 1:

Compression of an aneurysm of the left carotid artery should obliterate only the pulses of the distribution of this artery, not those of the femoral arteries. If the mass is an aneurysm of the right common carotid artery, manual compression should obliterate the distribution of this vessel and, because of its location, may also obliterate the vessels of the right arm. However, femoral pulsations should be preserved.

1974 July, Ira W. DuBrow, Sheldon O. Burman, Decio O. Elias, Alois R. Hastreiter, Raymond J. Pietras, “Aortic Arch in the Neck”, in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, volume 68, number 1, [St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby?], →DOI, →ISSN, →PMID, page 27, column 1:

(biology, pathology, surgery, chiefly passive voice) To impair the function and/or structure of (a body cavity, vessel, etc.) by ablating or occluding it (in the latter case, chiefly by filling it with tissue).


mohel

en-noun

mohel (plural mohels or mohelim or mohalim)

mohels (plural)
mohelim (plural)
mohalim (plural)

From Hebrew מוֹהֵל (mohél), but the common pronunciations are borrowed via Yiddish מוהל (moyel).

(Judaism) The person who performs the circumcision in a Jewish bris.


mes

From Dutch mes (“blade”), from Middle Dutch mets, mes, contraction of *metses, from Old Dutch *metisas, *metsas, from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“food knife”). Cognate of Japanese メス (mesu, “medical knife”) and Korean 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”).

der

Kemudian tampak fasia, diinsisi dengan memberikan mes no 22 dan dijepit dengan memberikan pinset cirurgis.

Fascia appeared, incised with 22 blade and clamped with surgical forceps.

Berikan mes no 15 dan pinset chirurgi pada operator untuk insisi kulit sampai fasia.

Give the blade 15 and surgical forceps to the operator for skin incision to the fascia.

(surgery, colloquial) scalpel, blade, medical knife.


circumcision

en-noun

circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural circumcisions)

/ˌsɜː(ɹ)kəmˈsɪʒən/

From Latin circumcīsiō, from circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

The surgical excision of the clitoral hood of the clitoris; female circumcision.


diaeresis

/daɪˈɛɹɪsɪs/

/daɪˈɪəɹɪsɪs/

/daɪˈɪəɹɪsɪs/

/daɪˈɛɹəsɪs/

/daɪˈɪəɹɪsiːz/

PIE word
 *dwís
Unadapted borrowing from Late Latin diaeresis (“distribution; division of a diphthong into two syllables”), from Ancient Greek δῐαίρεσῐς (dĭaíresĭs, “distribution, division; division of a poetic line when the end of a word and a metrical foot coincide; division of a diphthong into two syllables”), from δῐαιρέω (dĭairéō, “to divide; to distinguish; to resolve a diphthong or contracted form”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, process, or result). Δῐαιρέω (Dĭairéō) is derived from δῐᾰ- (dĭă-, prefix meaning ‘across; through; in different directions’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“doubly, twice; in two”)) + αἱρέω (hairéō, “to grasp, seize, take”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to grasp, seize, take”)).
The plural is borrowed from Latin diaeresēs.

diërese

separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong) into two distinct syllables

There are four^([sic]) manners of performing the Diæreſis: viz. by Cutting, Pricking, Tearing, Dravving, and Burning.

1728, E[phraim] Chambers, “Diæresis”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–H), London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page 211, column 1:

(surgery, archaic) An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together.


eviscerate

en-verb

eviscerate (third-person singular simple present eviscerates, present participle eviscerating, simple past and past participle eviscerated)

eviscerates (present singular third-person)
eviscerating (participle present)
eviscerated (participle past)
eviscerated (past)

/ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/

From Latin ēviscerātus, past participle of ēviscerāre (“to disembowel”), from e- (“out”) + viscera (“bowels”).

(transitive, surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents.


section

From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectiō (“cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.”), from sectus, past participle of secāre (“to cut”). More at saw.

разрэ́з

surgery: incision or the act of making an incision

(surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.

They had planned to go into my section scar but the surgeon didnʼt think he could see well enough.

2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 143:

Caesarean section
Caesarean section#English

(surgery, colloquial) Short for Caesarean section.


section

From secar + -ion, alternatively from Latin sectiō.


style

en-noun

style (countable and uncountable, plural styles)

→ Finnish: staili

→ Scottish Gaelic: stoidhle

→ Iban: stail

→ Japanese: スタイル (sutairu)

→ Korean: 스타일 (seutail)

→ Malay: stail

→ Portuguese: style

→ Swahili: staili

The noun is derived from Middle English stile, stel, stele, stiel, stiele, stil, still, stille, styele, style, styill, styll, styyl (“writing tool, stylus; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression, particularly one regarded as high quality; demeanour, manner, way of life; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”), from Old French style, estile, stil, stile (modern French style), or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”). Doublet of stylus.
The English word is cognate with Catalan estil (“engraving tool, stylus; gnomon; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace”), German Stiel (“handle; stalk”), Italian stilo (“needle, stylus; fountain pen; beam; gnomon; part of pistil, style”), Occitan estil, Portuguese estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style”), Spanish estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace; part of pistil, style”).
The verb is derived from the noun.

styl

manner of expression in writing or speech

styl

manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.

(surgery) A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.


frenuloplasty

(surgery) Plastic surgery of the frenulum.


castration

en-noun

castration (countable and uncountable, plural castrations)

Castration of bulls was a socialization process that turned a bull into an ox; in this transformation something wild became something very useful; nature became culture.

1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 125:

The harlots' harmony echos within our cave of castration
Accenting the weeps from the men remade as women; stripped of their appendages
Probed and beaten
A cult of deviant savages seducing bastards in the darkness

2019, “A Rape of Sirens”, performed by Infant Annihilator, Alex Terrible:

(surgery) The act of removing the testicles.

ഷണ്ഡീകരണം

ṣaṇḍīkaraṇaṁ


amputee

From French amputée, (past participle of amputer (“to amputate”)), from Latin amputatus, perfect passive participle of amputare (“to amputate”).

A person who has had one or more limbs removed.


amp

amp (countable and uncountable, plural amps)

(colloquial, uncountable) Short for amphetamine.


reverse

From Middle English revers, from Anglo-Norman revers, Middle French revers, and their source, Latin reversus, perfect passive participle of reversō, from re- + versō. Doublet of revers.

(surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.


brayer

Inherited from Old French, from Old Norse bræða (“melt; make oil, tar, pitch”).


shunt

en-verb

shunt (third-person singular simple present shunts, present participle shunting, simple past and past participle shunted)

shunts (present singular third-person)
shunting (participle present)
shunted (participle past)
shunted (past)

From Middle English shunten, schunten, schonten, schounten, shont, shonte, shount, shounten, shunte (“to move rapidly or suddenly, jerk; to swerve, turn away; to avoid, dodge, escape, evade”), either:
* possibly a back-formation from Middle English shǒnen (“to decline to do, refuse; to abandon, forsake; to disdain, dislike, hate; to avoid, escape; to be afraid, fear; to be wary of”), from Old English sċunian, sċyniġan; see shun. Or
* an alteration of Middle English shunden, *schunden, *schinden, from Old English sċyndan, sċendan (“to hasten, hurry”) (as in āsċyndan (“to remove, take away”), from Proto-West Germanic *skundijan, from Proto-Germanic *skundijaną (“to compel, drive, push; to accelerate, rush, speed up”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew(n)t- (“to rattle, shake”).
* from unrecorded Old English *sċunettan, a derivative of sċunian (“to shun, avoid”).
The English word is cognate with Danish skynde (“to hasten, hurry, speed”), Icelandic skynda, skunda (“to hasten”), Middle High German schünden (“to compel; to urge; to irritate”), Norwegian skynde (“to hurry, rush”), Swedish skynda (“to hasten, hurry; to scuttle, scurry”). Outside Germanic, compare Sanskrit स्कन्दति (skándati, “to dart, leap, spring, spurt or burst forth, ejaculate, assail, drop, split”), Albanian shkund (“to shake; to swig”).
As regards the noun sense, compare Middle English shunt (“swerve; sudden jerk”), derived from the verb.

cog

There are times when one has no alternative other than to attempt to shunt the cerebrospinal fluid into the pleural cavity, a potential space, which may occasionally be capable of absorbing the fluid.

1987, Anthony J. Raimondi, “Hydrocephalus”, in Pediatric Neurosurgery: Theoretical Principles; Art of Surgical Techniques, New York, N.Y., Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 474, column 2:

(transitive, surgery) To divert the flow of a body fluid.


shunt

We present an extremely rare case of delayed and combined ventriculoperitoneal shunt blockage, viscus perforation and migration into the urethra manifested by a repeated urinary tract infection. This was discovered six months after the shunt was inserted.

2011 October, T. H. Chen et al., “Combined Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Blockage, Viscus Perforation and Migration into Urethra, Presenting with Repeated Urinary Tract Infection”, in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, volume 93, number 7, →DOI, →PMID, abstract, page e151:

(surgery) A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.


emasculation

en-noun

emasculation (countable and uncountable, plural emasculations)

(medicine) The removal of the penis, testicles, and scrotum of (a male person or animal).


incarceration

incarceration (countable and uncountable, plural incarcerations)

/ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/

(surgery, dated) strangulation, as in hernia.


implantation

implantation (countable and uncountable, plural implantations)

Borrowed from Middle French implantation.

bor+

(surgery) The act of inserting a medical implant.


intact

en-adj

intact (comparative more intact, superlative most intact)

more intact (comparative)
most intact (superlative)

From Middle French intact, from Latin intactus.

GM, 28, intact, atheist, 5'9", 140 lbs., seeks similar guy 20-30 for conversation and other forms of communication.

1985 August 17, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 6, page 13:

(usually of male persons, especially used by intactivists) Uncircumcised, having an intact foreskin.


flap

From Middle English flap, flappe (“a slap; blow; buffet; fly-flap; something flexible or loose; flap”), related to Saterland Frisian Flappert (“wing, flipper”), Middle Dutch flabbe (“a blow; slap on the face; fly-flap; flap”) (modern Dutch flap (“flap”)), Middle Low German flabbe, vlabbe, flebbe, from the verb (see below). Related also to English flab and flabby.

cog

(surgery) A piece of tissue incompletely detached from the body, as an intermediate stage of plastic surgery.


adenotomy

(anatomy, surgery) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.


clip

en-verb

clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipt or clipped)

clips (present singular third-person)
clipping (participle present)
clipt (participle past)
clipt (past)
clipped (participle past)
clipped (past)

From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”).

der

(surgery, transitive) To treat (an aneurysm) by closing it off with a physical clip.


splenectomy

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From Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + -ectomy.

(surgery) The surgical removal of the spleen.


MGM

en-noun

MGM (countable and uncountable, plural MGMs)

Coordinate term: FGM

They brandished statistics of deaths from adult circumcision each year. They called it MGM, an acronym quickly acquiring the notoriety of FGM.

2019, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, “Love Made in Manchester”, in Manchester Happened, Oneworld Publications (2020), page 286:

male genital mutilation
male genital mutilation#English


dissect

en-verb

dissect (third-person singular simple present dissects, present participle dissecting, simple past and past participle dissected)

dissects (present singular third-person)
dissecting (participle present)
dissected (participle past)
dissected (past)

Borrowed from Latin dissectus past participle of dissecare (“to cut asunder, cut up”), from dis- (“asunder”) + secare (“to cut”); see section.

Now dissect the triceps away from its attachment on the humerus.

(transitive, anatomy, surgery) To separate muscles, organs, etc. without cutting into them or disrupting their architecture.

irrottaa

to separate muscles, organs, and so on without cutting or disrupting


xenotransplantation

en-noun

xenotransplantation (countable and uncountable, plural xenotransplantations)

2022 March 12, James Gallagher, “Xenotransplantation: Are pigs the future of organ transplants?”, in Inside Health, BBC, retrieved 2022-03-12:

The transplantation of biological or organic matter from a given species into a different one, especially when this matter has been altered (such as by genetic engineering)

ผลิตอวัยวะของสัตว์เพื่อการย้ายฝาก

pàlìt àwaiwá kŏng sàt pêua gaanyáai fàak


scalp

en-verb

scalp (third-person singular simple present scalps, present participle scalping, simple past and past participle scalped)

scalps (present singular third-person)
scalping (participle present)
scalped (participle past)
scalped (past)

From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”).

We must […]"scalp" the whole lid [of the eye].

1870, J. S. Wells, Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye:


ILO

infeksi luka operasi
infeksi luka operasi#Indonesian

(surgery) Acronym of infeksi luka operasi (“surgical wound infection”).


excision

en-noun

excision (countable and uncountable, plural excisions)

From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō.

(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.


tracheotomy

(surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted so as to make an artificial opening in order to assist breathing.


stoma

(botany, zoology, surgery) stoma (all senses)


hysterectomy

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she even contemplated having her womb taken out to eliminate periods altogether, which would surely be her greatest possible career move, a tactical hysterectomy for ambitious women with menstruation problems

2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 140:

(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all of or part of the uterus.

histerectomia

surgical removal of the uterus or part thereof


bris

bris (plural brises or brisses or britot)

brises (plural)
brisses (plural)
britot (plural)

Borrowed from Yiddish ברית (bris), from Hebrew בְּרִית (bərîṯ, “covenant”).

The night before the bris, he invited nine of his little buddies to come and say kerias shema around the baby's bassinet. Mommy and Daddy, who flew in for the bris, were so touched, they kept dabbing their eyes and coughing.

1993, Miriam Rose, Miriam Zakon, “The Baker Family Circus”, in Baker's Dozen, volume 4, Omnibus, page 129:

Although indigenous visual documentation of the bris was, until the advent of video, limited and often oblique, the ceremony is a longstanding fixture of Christian art.

2009, Jeffrey Shandler, Jews, God, and Videotape: Religion and Media in America, page 155:

However, if the baby is born on a Wednesday night, then the bris would occur on the following Thursday morning because Jewish days begin at sundown, and the bris is tradionally performed during the day. (Note that the Talmud (see Chapter 3) states if the baby's health is in question, then the bris must be postponed.)

2013, Ted Falcon, David Blatner, Judaism For Dummies, 2nd edition, page 109:


colostomy

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(surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage; the opening produced in such incision.


trauma

From Dutch trauma, from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

der

(surgery) any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.


scope

en-noun

scope (countable and uncountable, plural scopes)

→ Irish: scóp

From Italian scopo (“purpose”), from Latin scopus (“target”), from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-. Etymologically related to skeptic and spectrum.

Coastie yanked her eye away from the night scope when those big lights were caught by it and amplified in intensity. Her entire view had gone white in an instant. “I can't see!” Temporarily blinded, she let touch become her primary sense, dropped the M40, and grabbed her alternate weapon, an M16 with an ACOG day scope that was already registered for the same distance.

2014, Sgt. Jack Coughlin, Donald A. Davis, On Scope: A Sniper Novel, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:

(weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

(medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.


scope

en-verb

scope (third-person singular simple present scopes, present participle scoping, simple past and past participle scoped)

scopes (present singular third-person)
scoping (participle present)
scoped (participle past)
scoped (past)

The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.

(medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

`Maybe there was another darker bird and it had flown away before we could scope it?' `Yes there must have been,' came the grim-faced reply.

2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 199:

(birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.


suture

From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns).

af

(anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.

lebeční šev

type of fibrous joint which only occurs in the skull


suture

Learned borrowing from Latin sūtūra (“suture”). Compare couture.


suture

English: suture

(rare, anatomy) A slight bodily indentation.


heteroplastic

en-adj

heteroplastic (comparative more heteroplastic, superlative most heteroplastic)

more heteroplastic (comparative)
most heteroplastic (superlative)

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(surgery) Of a graft between individuals of different species


facelift

You thought face-lifts were over? Killed off by a combination of Botox, and fear of winding up looking somewhat bride-of-Wildenstein? No! On the contrary, the face-lift is enjoying a renaissance, following the introduction of newer and newer techniques involving smaller scars and shorter recuperation periods.

2007 October 6, Polly Vernon, “The facelift king of America”, in The Observer:

Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.


-ectomy

From Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ, “a cutting out of”), from ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “to cut out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

der

-plasty

any surgery, but often one that revises/remodels rather than excises


anaplastic

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(surgery) Of or relating to plastic surgery.


invasion

en-noun

invasion (countable and uncountable, plural invasions)

From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, accusative of invāsiō.

(surgery) The breaching of the skin barrier.


keyhole surgery

keyhole surgery (plural keyhole surgeries)

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(medicine) Surgery using a fibre optic laparoscope through a small incision, either for examination or treatment.


stump

From Middle English stumpe, stompe (“stump”), from or akin to Middle Low German stump (“stump”) or Middle Dutch stomp, from Old Saxon or Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump, blunt, part cut off”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch stomp (“stump”), Old High German stumph (“stump”) (German Stumpf), Old Norse stumpr (“stump”). More at stop.

der

The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.


tuck

en-noun

tuck (countable and uncountable, plural tucks)

From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Akin to Old High German zucchen (“to snatch, tug”), zuchôn (“to jerk”), German Low German tuken (“to tug, pluck, grab and pull towards”), Old English tēon (“to draw, pull, train”). Doublet of touch.

cog

tummy tuck

(medicine, surgery) A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.


debag

en-verb

debag (third-person singular simple present debags, present participle debagging, simple past and past participle debagged)

debags (present singular third-person)
debagging (participle present)
debagged (participle past)
debagged (past)

(surgery) To perform blepharoplasty to remove eyebags.


probe

For verb: borrowed from Latin probare (“to test, examine, prove”), from probus (“good”). Doublet of prove.
For noun: borrowed from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from probare (“to test, examine, prove”); Doublet of proof. Compare Spanish tienta (“a surgeon's probe”), from tentar (“try, test”); see tempt.

сонда

any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc

(surgery) Any of various medical instruments used to explore wounds, organs, etc.

You know, XR178.9, we haven't done any anal probes in a while.

2004 August 2, Bayard Russell, nonemorecomic:

You listen here! We don't do anal probes like other aliens, but I'm about to make an exception!

2009 September 14, Ryan Hudson, “Can I Abduct You?”, in ChannelATE:

(comedy, fiction) An anal probe, a fictional instrument commonly used by aliens on abducted humans.


vasectomy

From vas (short for vas deferens) + -ectomy (“surgery involving the excision or removal of a body part”).

af

short for <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">vas deferens</i>

Coordinate term: tubal ligation (analogous procedure for female anatomy)

The experimental vasectomy operation was performed under sodium pentobarbital (50 mg/kg body weight, i.p) anesthesia via a lower midabdominal incision as described elsewhere.

2015 July 10, “Abnormal Accumulation of Collagen Type I Due to the Loss of Discoidin Domain Receptor 2 (Ddr2) Promotes Testicular Interstitial Dysfunction”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

In fact, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., so many men sign up for vasectomies during March Madness that appointments reach “max capacity,” said Dr. Tobias S. Kohler, a urologist and men’s health expert at the medical center who has observed this phenomenon ever since he was an attending physician a decade ago.

2019 March 28, Christina Caron, “Why Don’t More American Men Get Vasectomies?”, in The New York Times:

Middle-aged, married fathers make up the bulk of those who have gotten vasectomies, with less than two percent of unmarried men relying on vasectomy for contraception, according to one analysis of data between 2002 and 2015 by the Department of Health and Human Services.

2022 August 12, Alisha Haridasani Gupta, “‘Snip Snip Hooray’: Vasectomies Among the Young and Child-Free May Be Rising”, in The New York Times:

(surgery) The surgical incision of all or part of the vas deferens as a means of male sterilization.


guillotine

Borrowed from French guillotine, named after the French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), who proposed its use for capital punishment.

named-after

/ˌɡɪləˈtiːn/

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A device or machine with a cutting blade.

(surgery) An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.


uncut

From Middle English unkut, uncutte, unkyt, unkutt, equivalent to un- + cut.

All I'm saying is, uncut men are the best. They try harder. I should know. I've slept with five of them.

1999 August 1, Jenny Bicks, “Old Dogs, New Dicks”, in Sex and the City, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Samantha:


tuli

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *turiq (cf. Hanunoo turi, Bikol Central turi, Cebuano tuli, Hiligaynon tuli, Maranao tori', Malay toreh). Also possibly related to Katuri, a little settlement on the river just opposite Cotabato where circumcision ceremonies were held in Maguindanao.


transfixion

en-noun

transfixion (countable and uncountable, plural transfixions)

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(surgery) In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissue close to the bone and dividing muscles outward.


cystectomy

From cyst (“bladder”) + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).

suffix

(surgery) The removal of the bladder; the removal of a cyst


centesis

en-noun

centesis (countable and uncountable, plural centeses)

From Ancient Greek κέντησις (kéntēsis, “the act of pricking”), from κεντέω (kentéō, “I prick”).

der

(medicine, surgery) puncture or perforation


sex reassignment surgery

en-noun

sex reassignment surgery (countable and uncountable, plural sex reassignment surgeries)

sex reassignment surgeries (plural)
SRS (abbreviation)

(transgender, sometimes proscribed) Surgical procedure that alters a person's sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender, particularly for transgender people, or to conform to societal standards for intersex people to present in a dyadic fashion, the latter often done without consent.

sukuelinten korjausleikkaus

surgical procedure that changes a person's sex characteristics so that they conform to a standard


cravat

From French cravate, an appellative use of Cravate (“Croat”), from Dutch Krawaat, from German Krawatte, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt/Хр̀ва̄т (“Croat”). The cravat is regarded as originating from a linen scarf worn by Croatian mercenaries which was adopted into French fashion in the 17th century.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
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University of Rochester

(surgery) A bandage resembling a cravat, particularly a triangular bandage folded into a strip.


fissure

English: fissure

From Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra.


brain surgery

brain surgery (usually uncountable, plural brain surgeries)

Surgery on any part of the nervous system, especially the brain; neurosurgery.

нейрохірургі́я f (nejroxirurhíja, literally “neurosurgery”)


seksi

Borrowed from Dutch sectie (“dissection, subdivision”).

bor

(surgery) an incision or the act of making an incision.


fibula

la-noun

fībula f (genitive fībulae); first declension

fībula (canonical feminine)
fībulae (genitive)
fībula (nominative singular)
fībulae (nominative plural)
fībulae (genitive singular)
fībulārum (genitive plural)
fībulae (dative singular)
fībulīs (dative plural)
fībulam (accusative singular)
fībulās (accusative plural)
fībulā (ablative singular)
fībulīs (ablative plural)
fībula (singular vocative)
fībulae (plural vocative)

Balkan Romance:

Romanian: hiolă (possibly)

Italo-Romance:

Italian: fibbia

→? Venetan: fibia

North Italian:

Gallo-Italic:

Ligurian: fübia

Lombard: fübia, figgia

Piedmontese: fübia, fimbria

Friulian: fiube

Ladin: fibla

Venetan: fiuba

Gallo-Romance:

Catalan: fibla

Vulgar Latin:

*fībella (see there for further descendants)

*fībulāria

Romanian: fiulare

Borrowings:

→ Catalan: fíbula

→ English: fibula

→ French: fibule

→ Galician: fíbula

→ Italian: fibula

→ Portuguese: fíbula

→ Romanian: fibulă

→ Spanish: fíbula

Syncopic form of *fīvibula, from fīvō (“to fix, fasten, thrust in”, archaic form of fīgō) + -bula (instrumental nominal suffix).

suffix

archaic form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">fīgō</i>

surgical instrument for drawing together the lips of a wound

stitching needle drawn through the prepuce


repose

en-verb

repose (third-person singular simple present reposes, present participle reposing, simple past and past participle reposed)

reposes (present singular third-person)
reposing (participle present)
reposed (participle past)
reposed (past)
repose (infinitive)

From Middle English reposen (“to put (something) back, replace”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + posen (“to place (something)”), modelled after Latin repōnō (“to put back; to restore; to store”). Posen is derived from Old French poser (“to place, put”) (modern French poser), from Vulgar Latin pausāre, from Latin pausāre, the present active infinitive of pausō (see further at etymology 1), influenced by pōnere, the present active infinitive of pōnō (“to lay, place, put”).

der

(transitive) Senses relating to returning.

(surgery) To put (a body part) back in its usual location; to reposition.

siirtää takaisin paikalleen

to put (a body part) back in its usual location; to reposition


Operation

de-noun

Operation f (genitive Operation, plural Operationen)

Operation (genitive)
Operationen (plural)
Operation (nominative singular)
Operationen (definite nominative plural)
Operation (genitive singular)
Operationen (definite genitive plural)
Operation (dative singular)
Operationen (dative definite plural)
Operation (accusative singular)
Operationen (accusative definite plural)

(surgery, military, mathematics, computer science) operation


doccia

→ French: douche f (see for further descendants)

Probably a back-formation of doccione (“conduit, spout”), from Latin ductiōnem, from ducere, infinitive of dūcō (“lead, guide; draw, pull”), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin root *ducea, ultimately from the same root.


adenoidectomy

(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.

腺樣體切除術 /腺样体切除术

surgical removal of the adenoids or growths thereof


penectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of the penis.


laryngectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of part or all of the larynx, most often performed in cases of laryngeal cancer.


islam

From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama), from the root س ل م (s-l-m).

der

(historical) to perform such circumcision


prosthesis

en-noun

prosthesis (countable and uncountable, plural prostheses)

Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”).

der

(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.


cautery

en-noun

cautery (usually uncountable, plural cauteries)

(surgery) The process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.

(surgery) A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.

kauterizace

process of cutting or sealing body tissue with heat or cold


amputate

en-verb

amputate (third-person singular simple present amputates, present participle amputating, simple past and past participle amputated)

amputates (present singular third-person)
amputating (participle present)
amputated (participle past)
amputated (past)

From Latin amputō (“prune, cut away”). The original sense of pruning (a tree, etc.) became obsolete. The OED considers uses related to anything other than an animal limb to be figurative uses of the modern sense.

To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from 17th c.]


torsion

en-noun

torsion (countable and uncountable, plural torsions)

From Middle English torcion, from Middle French torsion, from Late Latin torsiōnem, from Latin tortiō, from torqueō (“twist, turn”). See torture, -tort.

(surgery) The stopping of arterial haemorrhage in certain cases, by twisting the cut end of the artery.


buttonhole

Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etymology by influence of hole, By surface analysis, button + hole.

петлица

flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration

Coordinate term: keyhole

The usual cause of conjunctival buttonholes is penetration of the tissue by the tip of a sharp instrument […]

2011, George L. Spaeth, Helen Danesh-Meyer, Ivan Goldberg, Ophthalmic Surgery: Principles and Practice E-Book, page 220:

(surgery) A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.


buttonhole

en-verb

buttonhole (third-person singular simple present buttonholes, present participle buttonholing, simple past and past participle buttonholed)

buttonholes (present singular third-person)
buttonholing (participle present)
buttonholed (participle past)
buttonholed (past)

(transitive, surgery, chiefly archaic) To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).


phantom limb

Weak or pulverized
No better medicine
Angels have been advised
Don't want no requiem
I'll just haunt you like a phantom limb

2013, “Phantom Limb”, performed by Alice in Chains:

(pathology) The false sensation, which is often painful, that an amputated limb is still present and attached.


artificial anus

en-noun

artificial anus (plural artificial anuses or artificial ani)

artificial anuses (plural)
artificial ani (plural)

(surgery) An artificial opening of the intestine (usually a colostomy; sometimes an ileostomy).


amputation

amputation (countable and uncountable, plural amputations)

Borrowed from Middle French amputation, borrowed from Latin amputātiō (“pruning (of a tree)”).


amputation

→ Romanian: amputație

→ Turkish: ampütasyon


trapdoor

en-verb

trapdoor (third-person singular simple present trapdoors, present participle trapdooring, simple past and past participle trapdoored)

trapdoors (present singular third-person)
trapdooring (participle present)
trapdoored (participle past)
trapdoored (past)

(surgery, intransitive) To form a trapdoor deformity.


FFS

(historical) Initialism of Free French Ship.


af

From Dutch af (“off”), from Middle Dutch af, from Old Dutch af, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab.


plastic surgery

en-noun

plastic surgery (countable and uncountable, plural plastic surgeries)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-plastic surgery.wav

Surgery to repair body parts, especially involving the transfer of tissue.

جِرَاحَةْ تَجْمِيل

surgery involving the transfer of tissue


remora

remora (plural remora or remorae or remoras)

remora (plural)
remorae (plural)
remoras (plural)

Borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”), from the belief that the fish would attach themselves to ships and slow them down, from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mora (“delay”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember; to care for”)).

der

Rem′ora [...] The name of two surgical instruments, intended to retain parts in situ. The one was used, formerly, in castration, to prevent the intestines from protruding at the inguinal ring: the other, called Rem′ora Hilda′ni, (F[rench]) Arrêt d'Hildan, εχενηις, was employed to retain fractures and luxations reduced. It is not now used.

[1833, Robley Dunglison, “Rem′ora”, in A New Dictionary of Medical Science and Literature, […], volumes II (M–Z), Boston, Mass.: […] [E. W. Metcalf and Company] for Charles Bowen, →OCLC, page 429, column 1:

(obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.


invasive

en-adj

invasive (comparative more invasive, superlative most invasive)

more invasive (comparative)
most invasive (superlative)

PIE word
 *h₁én
The adjective is derived from Middle English invasif (“of a weapon: offensive”), from Middle French invasif, Old French invasif (“invasive”) (modern French invasif), from Medieval Latin invāsīvus, from Latin invāsus (“entered; invaded”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives). Invāsus is the perfect passive participle of invādō (“to enter; to invade”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’) + vādō (“to go; to rush; to walk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, proceed; to pass, traverse”)).
The noun is derived from the adjective.

der

The natural evolution of minimally invasive surgery has taken the surgeon to new heights and has extended the breadth of laparoscopic surgery to include procedures of the colon.

1995, Constantine T. Frantzides, Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery, St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby, →ISBN, page 135:

(medicine, surgery) Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.

ինվազիվ

of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body


operar

es-verb

operar (first-person singular present opero, first-person singular preterite operé, past participle operado)

opero (first-person present singular)
operé (first-person preterite singular)
operado (participle past)
operar (infinitive)
operando (gerund)
operado (masculine participle past singular)
operada (feminine participle past singular)
operados (masculine participle past plural)
operadas (feminine participle past plural)
opero (first-person indicative present singular)
operas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
operás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
opera (indicative present singular third-person)
operamos (first-person indicative plural present)
operáis (indicative plural present second-person)
operan (indicative plural present third-person)
operaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
operabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
operaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
operábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
operabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
operaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
operé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
operaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
operó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
operamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
operasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
operaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
operaré (first-person future indicative singular)
operarás (future indicative second-person singular)
operará (future indicative singular third-person)
operaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
operaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
operarán (future indicative plural third-person)
operaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
operarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
operaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
operaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
operaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
operarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
opere (first-person present singular subjunctive)
operes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
operés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
opere (present singular subjunctive third-person)
operemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
operéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
operen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
operara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
operaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
operara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
operáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
operarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
operaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
operase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
operases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
operase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
operásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
operaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
operasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
operare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
operares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
operare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
operáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
operareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
operaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
opera (imperative informal second-person singular)
operá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
opere (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
opere (imperative singular third-person)
operemos (first-person imperative plural)
operad (imperative plural second-person)
operen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
operen (imperative plural third-person)
operes (imperative negative second-person singular)
opere (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
opere (imperative negative singular third-person)
operemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
operéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
operen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
operen (imperative negative plural third-person)
operarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
operarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
operarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
operarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
operarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
operaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
operarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
operarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
operarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
operarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
operarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
operarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
operarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
operarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
operaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
operarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
operarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
operarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
operándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
operándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
operándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
operándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
operándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
operándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
operándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
operándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
operándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
operándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
operándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
operándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
operándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
operándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
operándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
operándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
operándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
operándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
opérame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
opérate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
opérale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
opéranos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
opérales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
opérame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
opérate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
opéralo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
opérala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
opéranos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
opéralos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
opéralas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
operame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
operate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
operale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
operanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
operales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
operame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
operate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
operalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
operala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
operanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
operalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
operalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
opéreme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
opérele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
opérese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
opérenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
opéreles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
opéreme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
opérelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
opérela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
opérese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
opérenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
opérelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
opérelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
operémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
operémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
operémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
operémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
operémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
operémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
operémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
operémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
operémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
operémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
operémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
operémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
operadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
operadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
operadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
operaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
operadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
operadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
operadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
operadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
operadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
operaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
operadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
operadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
opérenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
opérenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
opérennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
opérenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
opérense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
opérenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
opérenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
opérenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
opérennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
opérenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
opérenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
opérense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Borrowed from Late Latin operāre. Doublet of obrar, which was inherited.

¿Te has operado de algo?

Have you undergone some plastic surgery?

Mi hermana quiere operarse.

Dicen que esta actriz porno está operada.

They say that this porn actress has had plastic surgery.


ligature

en-verb

ligature (third-person singular simple present ligatures, present participle ligaturing, simple past and past participle ligatured)

ligatures (present singular third-person)
ligaturing (participle present)
ligatured (participle past)
ligatured (past)

From Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligātus, past participle of ligāre (“to tie, bind”).


resectoscope

If there is much fibrosis or sclerosis of the bladder neck, a resectoscope may be used to take a few “bites” of this tissue in much the same manner that a transurethral resection is done on the male prostate.

1951 January, Gordon W. Reynolds, “The Female Urethra and Chronic Urethritis”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 1, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 34:

(surgery) A hollow and flexible surgical instrument typically inserted through the urethra or vagina, used for performing a biopsy or resection at the level of the prostate, uterus, or urinary bladder.


compressor

(anatomy, surgery, technology) compressor


rhinoplasty

en-noun

rhinoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural rhinoplasties)

Dr. Sundine specializes in facelifts, necklifts and browlifting, eyelid surgery, as well as rhinoplasty, which involves both technically exacting skill and a keen eye for aesthetic balance.

(medicine, surgery, uncountable) A type of plastic surgery that is used to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) or appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a person's nose.

rinoplàstia

plastic surgery used to improve a person's nose


dismember

en-verb

dismember (third-person singular simple present dismembers, present participle dismembering, simple past and past participle dismembered)

dismembers (present singular third-person)
dismembering (participle present)
dismembered (participle past)
dismembered (past)

From Middle English, from Old French desmembrer, from des- (“de-”) + membre (“limb”) + -er (“verbal suffix”).

Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.


nip and tuck

en-noun

nip and tuck (plural nip and tucks or nips and tucks)

nip and tucks (plural)
nips and tucks (plural)

Of unknown origin. First use appears c. 1845, in the publication American Whig Review.

I watch the show where Paris Hilton and Nikki Ritchie^([sic]) live the simple life. […] It's makeovers, nip and tucks, and shopping sprees.

2007, Joseph Natoli, This Is a Picture and Not the World: Movies and a Post-9/11 America, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 252:

(surgery) Minor cosmetic surgery that tightens loose skin.


liposuction

liposuction (countable and uncountable, plural liposuctions)

Wasn't my Mom a betty? She died when I was just a baby. A fluke accident during a routine liposuction. I don't remember her, but I like to pretend she still watches over me.

1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):

(medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.

抽脂

cosmetic surgery procedure in which bodily fat is removed by suction


proctology

From procto- + -logy or proct- + -ology.

(surgery) Colorectal surgery as a specialty inside proctology.


protractor

(surgery) An instrument formerly used in extracting foreign or offensive matter from a wound.


fourchette

(surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.


rongeur

From French rongeur, from ronger (“to gnaw”).

(surgery) An instrument with a sharp-edged, scoop-shaped tip, for gouging out bone.


lancet

From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance. By surface analysis, lance + -et.

With a lancet, Håkan drained the slow blue blood from his leg, always fearing to find pus.

2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 248:

A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.


lancet

lancet (nominative singular)
lancety (nominative plural)
lancetu (genitive singular)
lancetów (genitive plural)
lancetowi (dative singular)
lancetom (dative plural)
lancet (accusative singular)
lancety (accusative plural)
lancetem (instrumental singular)
lancetami (instrumental plural)
lancecie (locative singular)
lancetach (locative plural)
lancecie (singular vocative)
lancety (plural vocative)

lancet (small, sterile, single-use needle)


bistoury

From French bistouri, from archaic Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”); the city of Pistoia was once famous for the manufacturing of blades.

(surgery) A narrow-bladed surgical knife


anastomosis

anastomosis (countable and uncountable, plural anastomoses)

From Ancient Greek ἀναστόμωσις (anastómōsis), from ἀναστομόω (anastomóō, “furnish with a mouth or outlet”).

anastomosi

creation of a connection between blood vessels

(surgery) The surgical creation of a connecting passage between blood vessels, bowels or other channels.


ὀφθαλμός

grc-noun

ὀφθᾰλμός • (ophthălmós) m (genitive ὀφθᾰλμοῦ); second declension

ὀφθᾰλμός (canonical)
ophthălmós (romanization)
ὀφθᾰλμοῦ (genitive)
ὁ ὀφθᾰλμός (nominative singular)
τὼ ὀφθᾰλμώ (dual nominative)
οἱ ὀφθᾰλμοί (nominative plural)
τοῦ ὀφθᾰλμοῦ (genitive singular)
τοῖν ὀφθᾰλμοῖν (dual genitive)
τῶν ὀφθᾰλμῶν (genitive plural)
τῷ ὀφθᾰλμῷ (dative singular)
τοῖν ὀφθᾰλμοῖν (dative dual)
τοῖς ὀφθᾰλμοῖς (dative plural)
τὸν ὀφθᾰλμόν (accusative singular)
τὼ ὀφθᾰλμώ (accusative dual)
τοὺς ὀφθᾰλμούς (accusative plural)
ὀφθᾰλμέ (singular vocative)
ὀφθᾰλμώ (dual vocative)
ὀφθᾰλμοί (plural vocative)
ὀφθᾰλμός (nominative singular)
ὀφθᾰλμώ (dual nominative)
ὀφθᾰλμοί (nominative plural)
ὀφθᾰλμοῦ (genitive singular)
ὀφθᾰλμοῖο (genitive singular)
ὀφθᾰλμόο (genitive singular)
ὀφθᾰλμοῖῐν (dual genitive)
ὀφθᾰλμῶν (genitive plural)
ὀφθᾰλμῷ (dative singular)
ὀφθᾰλμοῖῐν (dative dual)
ὀφθᾰλμοῖσῐ (dative plural)
ὀφθᾰλμοῖσῐν (dative plural)
ὀφθᾰλμοῖς (dative plural)
ophthălmoîsĭ (dative plural)
ophthălmoîsĭn (dative plural)
ophthălmoîs (dative plural)
ὀφθᾰλμόν (accusative singular)
ὀφθᾰλμώ (accusative dual)
ὀφθᾰλμούς (accusative plural)
ὀφθᾰλμέ (singular vocative)
ὀφθᾰλμώ (dual vocative)
ὀφθᾰλμοί (plural vocative)

Greek: οφθαλμός (ofthalmós)

→ English: ophthalmo-

→ French: ophtalmo-

→ German: ophthalmo-

Traditionally derived from ὄψ (óps, “eye”) + θάλαμος (thálamos, “chamber”), but note the usual ancient Greek word for eye is the similar ὤψ (ṓps), with a long /o/. Based on irregular κτ : πτ : φθ variation seen in variants like ὄκταλλος (óktallos) and ὀπτίλλος (optíllos), as well as the suffix -αλλ- (-all-) seen in ὄκταλλος (óktallos) being difficult to explain in Indo-European terms, Beekes takes the word to be of Pre-Greek origin, with proto-form *okʷt-alʸ-m-. The hypothetical Pre-Greek form's similarity to the Proto-Indo-European equivalent *h₃ókʷs (“eye”) is coincidental, according to Beekes; he additionally notes the contrast with the Homeric gloss ὄκκον (ókkon) given to ὀφθαλμόν (ophthalmón), which may be from the Indo-European root.

compound

(surgery) surgical bandage covering one or both eyes


meatball surgery

en-noun

meatball surgery (usually uncountable, plural meatball surgeries)

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Coined or popularised by Richard Hooker in the novel MASH (1968).

(surgery, military, colloquial) Surgery performed rapidly in a military field hospital to stabilize the patient as quickly as possible.


orchiectomy

/ˌɔːɹkiːˈɛktəmi/

(surgery) The surgical removal of one or both testes.


clipped

After all, Jehovah had instituted the rite of circumcision in which the clipped penis became consecrated to him, […]

1999, Ben Edward Akerley, The X-Rated Bible: An Irreverent Survey of Sex in the Scriptures, Feral House, published 1999, →ISBN, page 102:


scalpel

Borrowed from Latin scalpellum, from scalprum (“knife”), from scalpere (“to cut”). Displaced native Old English lǣċeseax (literally “doctor knife”).

ncog

A small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.


scalpel

Learned borrowing from Latin scalpellum.


scalpel

scalpele (plural)
scalpel (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
scalpelul (accusative definite nominative singular)
scalpele (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
scalpelele (accusative definite nominative plural)
scalpel (indefinite singular)
scalpelului (definite singular)
scalpele (indefinite singular)
scalpelelor (definite plural)
scalpelule (singular vocative)
scalpelelor (vocative)


circumcise

en-verb

circumcise (third-person singular simple present circumcises, present participle circumcising, simple past and past participle circumcised)

circumcises (present singular third-person)
circumcising (participle present)
circumcised (participle past)
circumcised (past)

From Old French circoncisier, from Latin circumcīdō (“cut around”), from circum (“about, around; through”) + caedō (“cut, hew”).

To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis of.

(sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.

(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.


tylectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst, especially from the breast; a lumpectomy. It was used recently to represent removing active retinoblastoma tumors from the eye.


tympanoplasty

(surgery) Reconstructive surgery to the middle ear or eardrum


rhizotomy

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms.


circumcised

(of a woman) Having had the clitoris, prepuce, or labia excised.


trepan

trepane (plural)
trepan (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
trepanul (accusative definite nominative singular)
trepane (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
trepanele (accusative definite nominative plural)
trepan (indefinite singular)
trepanului (definite singular)
trepane (indefinite singular)
trepanelor (definite plural)
trepanule (singular vocative)
trepanelor (vocative)


prosthetic

/ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/

From Ancient Greek προσθετικός (prosthetikós, “adding; repletive; giving additional power”), from πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”).

bor

prosthetic leg/arm

artificial, acting as a substitute for part of the body; relating to prosthesis


prosthetic

/ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/

An artificial replacement for part of the body; a prosthesis, prosthetic device.

An addition to an actor etc.'s body as part of a costume, intended to transform the person's appearance.


alloplastic

(surgery) Any artificial material substituted for tissue grafts.


alloplastic

(surgery) Related to an alloplast or to alloplasty.


tomophobia

Tomophobia is the fear of surgical procedures or medical intervention.

2020 May 15, “What is tomophobia?”, in Tomophobia: When the Fear of Surgery and Other Medical Procedures Becomes a Phobia:

If you have tomophobia, it might be hard to get to the doctor at all; it’s the fear of surgical procedures and medical interventions.

2020 December 29, “Tomophobia: fear of medical procedures”, in Five common medical phobias:

Tomophobia refers to fear or anxiety caused by forthcoming surgical procedures and/or medical interventions.

2009 November 18, “Introduction”, in Tomophobia, the phobic fear caused by an invasive medical procedure - an emerging anxiety disorder: a case report:

Tomophobia is the fear or anxiety caused by forthcoming surgical procedures and/or medical interventions.

2021 February 16, Tomophobia - the fear that isn’t:

“Uncle, tomophobia is in your mind. Doctor is your friend. Trust them and let them give you anesthesia and after that you won't even feel a thing. And then Karan bhaiya will be present there too. How many people can boast of having a relative with them in the operation theater? You will be perfectly fine,” Rishabh said, like 50th time in the last hour that he was sitting in Raizada Mansion, but boy’s energy level refused to go down.

2015 March 22, Anamika G. K., Making Khushi Mine, volume 2, Indic Publication, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 236, →ISBN:

He wasn't keen on spiders and snakes, but his major one, the one that had always haunted and taunted him is referred to medically as tomophobia; the fear of surgical operations.

2015 February 11, Michael Foxx, Spiteful Jack 2: Vengeance, Paragon Publishing, →ISBN, page 111, →ISBN:

Don't you mean tomophobia? I mean, why use magic when there's a perfectly good scalpel at hand? :)

2003, Spuddie, “You read it first here”, in alt.penpals.forty-plus-yrs (Usenet):

(neologism, rare) An unusual fear of surgeries or medical procedures involving cutting.


-plasty

From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “molded, formed”).

der

(surgery) Repair or restoration of a part or function.


snip

en-verb

snip (third-person singular simple present snips, present participle snipping, simple past and past participle snipped)

snips (present singular third-person)
snipping (participle present)
snipped (participle past)
snipped (past)

From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.

onomatopoeic

imitative

Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped.

2001, David Cohen, The Father's Book: Being a Good Dad in the 21st Century, John WIley & Sons Ltd, published 2001, →ISBN, page 72:

His children, however, were not snipped, possibly because Princess Diana was opposed to the practice, which is out of fashion in England.

2008, Ilene Schneider, Talk Dirty Yiddish: Beyond Drek: The Curses, Slang, and Street Lingo You Need to Know When You Speak Yiddish, Adams Media, published 2008, →ISBN, page 150:

By the outbreak of the First World War such claims had diminished and the medical profession touted circumcision as being 'hygienic' — fathers were not only encouraged to have their newborn sons snipped, but to belatedly enjoy the benefits themselves.

2012, Tom Hickman, God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis, Square Peg, published 2012, →ISBN, page 144:


peg-leg

A wooden leg, usually tapered, strapped onto the stump of an amputated leg.


retriever

(surgery) A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.


RAE

Abbreviation of right (side) above elbow. (said of an amputee/amputation)


гипс

ru-noun+

гипс • (gips) m inan (genitive ги́пса, nominative plural ги́псы, genitive plural ги́псов, relational adjective ги́псовый)

gips (romanization)
ги́пса (genitive)
ги́псы (nominative plural)
ги́псов (genitive plural)
ги́псовый (adjective relational)
ги́пс (nominative singular)
ги́псы (nominative plural)
ги́пса (genitive singular)
ги́псов (genitive plural)
ги́псу (dative singular)
ги́псам (dative plural)
ги́пс (accusative singular)
ги́псы (accusative plural)
ги́псом (instrumental singular)
ги́псами (instrumental plural)
ги́псе (prepositional singular)
ги́псах (plural prepositional)

→ Kazakh: гипс (gips)

Поскользну́лся, упа́л, закры́тый перело́м, потеря́л созна́ние, очну́лся — гипс.

1969, Бриллиантовая рука [The Diamond Arm]:

Slipped, fell, closed fracture, lost consciousness, came to — cast.

Poskolʹznúlsja, upál, zakrýtyj perelóm, poterjál soznánije, očnúlsja — gips.


blueline

en-verb

blueline (third-person singular simple present bluelines, present participle bluelining, simple past and past participle bluelined)

bluelines (present singular third-person)
bluelining (participle present)
bluelined (participle past)
bluelined (past)

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Bone removal was continued in order to "blueline" the vestibule and then extended superiorly over the vestibule until Bill's bar was exposed.

1988, Transactions of the American Otological Society - Volume 76, page 95:

After bluelining, the bony endostium is opened with a 90°-degree microhook; care must be taken to avoid suction of the perilymph; the membranous canal comes into view

1998, Michel Portmann, Didier Portmann, Otologic Surgery: Manual of Oto-surgical Techniques, page 208:

The lateral canal is first bluelined, then opened with a cutting burr.

2001, Newton J. Coker, Herman A. Jenkins, Atlas of Otologic Surgery, page 456:

Although this technique avoids the retrograde dissection of the facial nerve through the geniculate ganglion and labyrinthine segment, the obvious disadvantage of bluelining is that it carries a risk of fenestrating the superior semicircular canal.

2012, Fred F. Telischi, Jacques Morcos, Vestibular Schwannoma:

(surgery) To mark on a patient's body where the surgical incision is to be made.


lobotomize

lobotomize (third-person singular simple present lobotomizes, present participle lobotomizing, simple past and past participle lobotomized)

lobotomizes (present singular third-person)
lobotomizing (participle present)
lobotomized (participle past)
lobotomized (past)

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Eventually, though, the committee found that, in the name of prudent management, they had, essentially, “lobotomized” the firm. Devoid of its personality, and constipated in its decision making, the office muddled its way into mediocrity.

2003, Peter Piven, Bradford Perkins, Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing and Transitioning a Design Firm:

(transitive, figurative) To remove the vitality or intelligence from.


tego

tego class IX (canonical)
tego class X (plural)


ligation

en-noun

ligation (countable and uncountable, plural ligations)

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Borrowed from Late Latin ligatio, ligationis, from Latin ligo. Doublet of liaison.

(surgery) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, fallopian tube, etc during surgery; act of ligating.

tukkiminen

medicine: act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel, etc


autoplasty

autoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural autoplasties)

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(medicine, surgery, dated) The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds. In present-day contexts likelier to be called autotransplantation or autografting.


angioplasty

(surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.


hak

From Dutch haak (“hook”), from Middle Dutch hāke, from Old Dutch *hako, from Proto-Germanic *hakô.

(surgery, colloquial) retractor: a surgical instrument used to hold apart the edges of an incision or wound.


breast augmentation

breast augmentation (countable and uncountable, plural breast augmentations)

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(surgery) A cosmetic procedure to increase the size of a breast (the organ on the front of the chest).


gorget

/ˈɡoɹ.d͡ʒɪt/

/ˈɡoɹ.d͡ʒɛt/

/ˈɡoɹ.d͡ʒət/

From Middle English gorget, from Old French gorgete, from gorge (“throat”).

(surgery) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy.


female circumcision

female circumcision (countable and uncountable, plural female circumcisions)

Phimosis of the prepuce of the clitoris: indication for female circumcision by D G McLintock in J R Soc Med. 1985 March; 78(3): 257–258

The removal of the clitoral hood, the female prepuce cognate to the foreskin removed in the male equivalent.

sometimes included under female genital mutilation


BU

(medicine, surgery) Initialism of bising usus (“peristalsis”).


dermoplasty

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(surgery) The use of skin grafts in plastic surgery.


appendectomy

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(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.

虫垂切除術

ちゅうすいせつじょじゅつ

盲腸炎手術

もうちょうえんしゅじゅつ


gastropexy

gastropexy (countable and uncountable, plural gastropexies)

(surgery) The surgical fixation of the stomach to the abdominal wall or diaphragm.


duk

From Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.

a piece of cloth:
(surgery, colloquial) drape.


hemispherectomy

So Lacy's parents had brought her to Johns Hopkins for a hemispherectomy, which is probably the most radical procedure in neurosurgery.

2005 July 3, Christine Kennelly, The New Yorker, page 36:

(neurosurgery) Surgical removal of a hemisphere of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy.


neurosurgery

neurosurgery (countable and uncountable, plural neurosurgeries)

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(neurology, surgery, uncountable) The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases.

neurocirurgia

surgical discipline focused on treating the nervous systems

(neurology, surgery, countable) Any surgical procedure performed on the nervous system, especially the brain.


neurosurgeon

A surgeon specializing in brain surgery.


invaginate

en-verb

invaginate (third-person singular simple present invaginates, present participle invaginating, simple past and past participle invaginated)

invaginates (present singular third-person)
invaginating (participle present)
invaginated (participle past)
invaginated (past)

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From Medieval Latin invāgīnātus, past participle of Medieval Latin invāgīnāre, from in- + vāgīna (“sheath”).

(medicine, surgery) To fold up or enclose into a sheath-like or pouch-like structure, either naturally or as part of a surgical procedure.


abdominoplasty

en-noun

abdominoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural abdominoplasties)

From abdomino- (“abdomen”) + -plasty (“plastic surgery”).

confix

(surgery, uncountable) The surgical removal of excess flesh from the abdomen, usually for cosmetic reasons.


tonsillectomy

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(surgery) The surgical removal of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils. Frequently accompanied by an adenoidectomy.

扁桃摘出術

へんとうてきしゅつじゅつ

扁桃腺摘出術

へんとうせんてきしゅつじゅつ


osteoplastic

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(surgery) Of, or relating to osteoplasty.


osteoplasty

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(surgery) Surgery to repair, modify or graft bone or bony structures.


inoperable

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(surgery) Incapable of being successfully operated on.

inoperabel

surgery: incapable of being successfully operated


cirugía

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], borrowed from Latin chīrurgia, from chīrurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) (cf. χειρουργία (kheirourgía)), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, labor”).


operating theatre

en-noun

operating theatre (plural operating theatres)

A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers).


operating room

A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.


morcellate

en-verb

morcellate (third-person singular simple present morcellates, present participle morcellating, simple past and past participle morcellated)

morcellates (present singular third-person)
morcellating (participle present)
morcellated (participle past)
morcellated (past)

From French morceler (“to break into pieces”).

der

…forceps are then enucleated if its size is small or morcelated by the excision of piece after piece until the remaining small part of the growth can be extracted after enucleaction. A large cavity is left behind which is packed with gauze: in vaginal myomecotomy, a closure of the tumor cavity by suture is usually impracticable.

1919, Barton Cooke Hirst, Atlas of operative gynecology, Lippincott, page 175:

(surgery) To break into small pieces, prior to removal


cephalometer

(medicine, surgery) Synonym of cephalostat.


割包皮

/kɤ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵/

/kɔːt̚³ paːu̯⁵⁵ pʰei̯²¹/

/kɤ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵/

/kɔːt̚³ paːu̯⁵⁵ pʰei̯²¹/


uncircumcised

From Middle English uncircumcised, equivalent to un- + circumcised. Subsidiary definitions are much influenced by traditions of the Abrahamic religions.

A child who is born to an uncircumcised girl is not allowed to live; as one old woman said, 'only women, not children can have children'

1986, Henrietta L. Moore, Space, Text and Gender, →ISBN:

In my tradition, an uncircumcised male cannot be heir to his father's wealth, cannot marry or officiate in tribal rituals.

1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 30:

Importantly, the NHSLS demonstrated no differences between uncircumcised and circumcised men in the risk of ever having had gonorrhea, syphilis, urethral infection with microorganisms other than gonorrhea, or genital herpes.

2000, Lawrence Balter, Parenthood in America: An Encyclopedia - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 129:

Surprisingly, few physicians know how to care for uncircumcised boys.

2010, Gary R. Fleisher, Stephen Ludwig, Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, →ISBN, page 32: