microsurgery

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ surgery.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

microsurgery (not comparable)

  1. Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body.

Noun

microsurgery (plural microsurgeries)

  1. Surgical procedures that are very small.
    Reattaching his severed finger required microsurgery to suture together the tiny blood vessels.

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