Lewis & Short

† chīrurgĭa, ae, f., = χειρουργία,

  1. I. surgery, Cels. 7 praef.; Scrib. Comp. 200; Veg. 3, 13, 1.
  2. * II. Trop., a violent remedy: chirurgiae taedet, i. e. vim et arma detestor, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3.