SURGERY
ADJECTIVES
► CHIRURGICAL pertaining to surgery; skilled in, or practising surgery → 1541 arch.
NOUNS
► ACIURGY operative surgery → 1828
► EYE JOB cosmetic surgery around the eyes → 1996 US sl.
► LAPAROTOMAPHILIA the abnormal desire to undergo abdominal surgery for simulated reasons → 1991 (Bk.)
► TOMOMANIA an obsession with surgery → 1991 (Bk.)
► TOMOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of surgical operations → 1991 (Bk.)
VERBS
► WHITTLE to perform an operation on someone; to perform surgery → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
Lexicophilia 