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The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of injury, deformity, and disease by the use of instruments.
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Treatment based on such medicine, typically involving the removal or replacement of diseased tissue by cutting.
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A procedure that is part of this treatment; an operation.
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An operating room or a laboratory of a surgeon or of a hospital's surgical staff.
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A physician's, dentist's, or veterinarian's office.
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The period during which a physician, dentist, or veterinarian consults with or treats patients in the office.