What is surgery?. For students of medical educational institutions

      Аннотация: Surgery (from the Greek: ??????????? cheirourgik? (composed of ????, "h,",, ?????, "work"), via Latin: chirurgiae, meaning "h, work") is a medical specialty that uses operative manual, instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance or to repair unwanted ruptured areas. The act of performing surgery may be called a "surgical procedure", "operation", or simply "surgery". In this context, the verb "operate" means to perform surgery. The adjective "surgical" means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments or surgical nurse.

Ключевые слова: general surgery, History, type