ศัลยกรรม

Thai

pron
Definitions
  • (medicine) surgery; surgical operation.
  • (colloquial) cosmetic surgery; plastic surgery.

Etymology

Com from Thai ศัลย (etc, knife, spear, arrow) + Thai กรรม (act, action, activity, etc, deed, karma, sin, business, object, work, employment, retribution)derived from Sanskrit शल्यकर्म (operation, act of knife).

Origin

Sanskrit

शल्यकर्म

Gloss

operation, act of knife

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