Another reason for so many more surgeries being done on an outpatient basis: The insurance companies don’t want to pay for one or more night(s) in the hospital.
There’s a nice, effective, and free way to revive an older laptop or desktop. Linux. I have one older desktop running Ubuntu (one of many distributions of Linux, and one of the best for those new to Linux) and have had zero difficulties with it. The current release of Ubuntu will have support for several years, not that one really needs support with Linux.
I checked at onelook, which is a meta-dictionary site. “tumeric—nonstandard spelling of turmeric”