| assurgent | (adjective) growing or extending upward | - |
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| (adjective) rising from the sea | - |
| chemosurgery | (noun) use of chemical to destroy diseased or malignant tissue; used in treatment of skin cancer | - |
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| counterinsurgency | (noun) actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | Synonyms: pacification |
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| counterinsurgent | (adjective) of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | - |
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| cryosurgery | (noun) the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers) | - |
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| electrosurgery | (noun) surgery performed with electrical devices (as in electrocautery) | - |
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| insurgence | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgency |
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| insurgency | (noun) an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | Synonyms: insurgence |
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| insurgent | (adjective) in opposition to a civil authority or government | Synonyms: seditious, subversive |
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| (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurrectionist, rebel |
| (noun) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment | Synonyms: guerilla, guerrilla, irregular |
| microsurgery | (noun) surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures | - |
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| neurosurgeon | (noun) someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) | Synonyms: brain surgeon |
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| neurosurgery | (noun) any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves) | - |
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| nonsurgical | (adjective) not surgical | - |
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| psychosurgery | (noun) brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems | - |
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| resurge | (verb) rise again | - |
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| resurgence | (noun) bringing again into activity and prominence | Synonyms: revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification |
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| resurgent | (adjective) rising again as to new life and vigor | Synonyms: renascent |
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| surge | (noun) a sudden or abrupt strong increase | Synonyms: upsurge |
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| (noun) a sudden forceful flow | Synonyms: rush, spate, upsurge |
| (noun) a large sea wave | Synonyms: billow |
| (verb) see one's performance improve | - |
| (verb) rise rapidly | Synonyms: soar, soar up, soar upwards, zoom |
| (verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows | Synonyms: billow, heave |
| (verb) rise or move forward | Synonyms: tide |
| (verb) rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave | Synonyms: scend |
| surgeon | (noun) a physician who specializes in surgery | Synonyms: operating surgeon, sawbones |
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| surgeonfish | (noun) brightly colored coral-reef fish with knifelike spines at the tail | - |
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| surgery | (noun) a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body | Synonyms: operation, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process |
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| (noun) a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations | Synonyms: operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, OR |
| (noun) a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted | - |
| (noun) the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | - |
| surgical | (adjective) relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine | Synonyms: operative |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or involving or used in surgery | - |
| (adjective) performed with great precision | - |
| surgically | (adverb) in a surgical manner; by means of surgery | - |
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| surging | (adjective) characterized by great swelling waves or surges | Synonyms: billowing, billowy |
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| upsurge | (noun) a sudden or abrupt strong increase | Synonyms: surge |
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| (noun) a sudden forceful flow | Synonyms: rush, spate, surge |