bright lights and cold steel vs surgery

bright lights and cold steel

noun
  • Surgery (procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body). 

surgery

noun
  • A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body. 

  • A room or department where surgery is performed. 

  • The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures. 

  • Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly a politician. cf. clinic. 

  • A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy". 

  • Drastic changes made to anything. 

  • The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding parts of others. 

  • A doctor's office. 

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