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noun, feminine

cirugía

/θiɾuˈxia/

noun, feminine/θiɾuˈxia/plural: cirugías

cirugía is feminine in Spanish.

surgery

Related: cirugía estética, cirugía plástica, cirujano, criocirugía, electrocirugía, neurocirugía

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], borrowed from Latin chīrurgia, from chīrurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) (cf. χειρουργία (kheirourgía)), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, labor”).