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surgery
The field of medicine concerned with the operative treatment of diseases, injuries, and malformations.
Die Fortschritte in der Chirurgie ermöglichen heute sehr komplexe Operationen am Herzen.
Advances in surgery now make very complex operations on the heart possible.
The word family includes 'der Chirurg' or 'die Chirurgin' (the person who operates) and the adjective 'chirurgisch' (related to an operation).
Ein chirurgischer Eingriff ist manchmal unumgänglich.
A surgical procedure is sometimes unavoidable.
When referring to the hospital department, use 'in die Chirurgie' (accusative) for direction and 'in der Chirurgie' (dative) for location.
Der Patient wurde in die Chirurgie gebracht.
The patient was taken to the surgical department.
Whether the field of medicine or the department is meant can be recognized from context. General statements about medicine refer to the field, while concrete situations in a hospital refer to the department.
Sie studiert die Geschichte der Chirurgie.
She studies the history of surgery.
operation
'die Operation' and 'die Chirurgie' both have to do with operative medicine, but they do not mean the same thing. An 'Operation' is a single medical procedure on the body. 'Chirurgie' means either the medical field of surgery or the hospital department where such procedures are performed. The words can be confused because operations take place in surgery. So you say: A person has an operation. But they work in surgery or are staying in the surgical department.
Meine Kollegin arbeitet seit drei Jahren in der Chirurgie.
My colleague has worked in surgery for three years.
Die Ärztin erklärt Paul vor der Operation genau, was passieren wird.
Before the operation, the doctor explains to Paul exactly what will happen.