Also known as: surg.
SURG has various meanings in the Common Medical category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of SURG in Common Medical.
A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity via operative or manual methods to physically change body tissues. The definition of surgeon has begun to blur in recent years as surgeons have begun to minimize the cutting, employing new technologies that are minimally invasive. In England, a surgeon was once a practitioner without an MD degree but with the license of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Common MedicalSurgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas.
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