What is the Latin word for surgery?

The usual Latin words for “surgery” are chīrūrgia, chīrurgicus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“surgery” in Latin

chīrūrgiaa surgery; a violent remedy chīrurgicussurgical

The English word surgery itself goes back to Latin chīrūrgia.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

surgery

Profession of a surgeon, chirurgia, or ars chirurgica: ea pars medicinae, quae manu medetur (Cels., praefat., p. 13, Bip.).

Place or room for surgical operations, *officina chirurgi or chirurgica.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for surgery?: The usual Latin words for “surgery” are chīrūrgia, chīrurgicus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.