chīrurgĭa

ae, f.
I. surgery, Cels. 7 praef.; Scrib. Comp. 200; Veg. 3, 13, 1.—*
II. Trop., a violent remedy: chirurgiae taedet, i. e. vim et arma detestor, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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