chirurgia

chīrurgĭa, ae, f., = χειρουργία,

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.