surgery

A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a body. This action is commonly performed at a hospital.

Related tags

Surgical performer

• Doctor
• Nurse
• Surgeon

Medical instruments / service objects

• bandages
• forceps
• gauze
• hospital bed
• intravenous drip
• blood bag
• iv stand
• operating table
• oxygen mask
• saw
• bonesaw
• scalpel
• stethoscope
• stitches
• stitching
• surgical light
• surgical scissors
• syringe
• x-ray

Clothing

• hospital gown
• medical scrubs
• rubber gloves
• surgical cap
• surgical mask

Kinds of Surgeries

Generally speaking, surgeries ending with the suffix -tomy are removals or incisions to clear a blockage while ones ending in -plasty are repairs or the creation of a new organ.

• breast reduction
• circumcision
• clitoridectomy
• clitoroplasty
• hysterectomy - uterus and cervix removal
• labiaplasty
• lobotomy
• mastectomy
• oophorectomy - overy removal
• orchiectomy - testicle removal
• phalloplasty -
• salpingectomy - fallopian tubes removal
• scrotoplasty
• sex reassignment surgery
• tracheotomy - throat incision
• vaginoplasty

Misc

• amputee
• blood
• cardiogram
• clipboard
• guro
• privacy screen
• severed limb
• surgical scar