psychic surgery

noun

A medical fraud in which a practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery with his/her bare hands, using fake blood and other trickery.

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Meanings

nounpsychic surgery (countable and uncountable, plural psychic surgeries)

plural psychic surgeries

  1. countableuncountableA medical fraud in which a practitioner creates the illusion of performing surgery with his/her bare hands, using fake blood and other trickery.
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APA

psychic surgery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychic%20surgery

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“psychic surgery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychic%20surgery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychic surgery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychic%20surgery.

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