microsurgeryn.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌsəːdʒ(ə)ri/, /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈsəːdʒ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈsərdʒ(ə)ri/ 1. = micromanipulation n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [noun] > types of surgery generally
plastic surgery1837
self-surgery1863
oral surgery1866
electrosurgery1870
Listerism1880
morioplasty1880
brain surgery1881
tachytomy1898
neurosurgery1904
radiosurgery1929
psychosurgery1936
microsurgery1959
microsurgery1960
cryosurgery1962
day surgery1968
work1968
biosurgery1969
psychic surgery1975
telesurgery1976
1927 Protoplasma 2 203 Micro-surgery of plant cells shows that the impression of fluidity which one gets from mere microscopic observation is illusory.
1941 Bot. Rev. 7 355 Harder (1926), by microsurgery, isolated the penultimate cell of a growing hypha of Coprinus sterquilinus.
1960 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. IV. 571/2 As gastrulation and embryo formation proceed, microsurgery becomes more and more the instrument of choice for analysis.
1971 Nature 2 July 28/1 The techniques of microsurgery on single cells have been applied to a variety of cell types.
1997 New Phytologist 137 580/1 Growth of hyphae and laser microsurgery.
2. Surgery. Surgery performed using a microscope to visualize small anatomical structures.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > [noun] > types of surgery generally
plastic surgery1837
self-surgery1863
oral surgery1866
electrosurgery1870
Listerism1880
morioplasty1880
brain surgery1881
tachytomy1898
neurosurgery1904
radiosurgery1929
psychosurgery1936
microsurgery1959
microsurgery1960
cryosurgery1962
day surgery1968
work1968
biosurgery1969
psychic surgery1975
telesurgery1976
1959 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 29 Apr. 5 d/3 (headline) Development of micro-surgery may aid in treatment of cancer.
1966 Surg. Clinics N. Amer. 46 111 Microsurgery of the ear.
1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 June 28/2 Microsurgery has been used in brain operations for the last five years, beginning in Europe.
1984 E. Jong Parachutes & Kisses xi. 196 They have great microsurgery techniques nowadays.
1995 Daily Mirror 23 Feb. 15/1 Five surgeons used delicate microsurgery to rejoin 32 bones, tendons, nerves, arteries and veins in Sajid Ali's hand.
2002 Independent 15 May (Review section) 11/4 It is possible to have non-laser microsurgery to correct sight problems.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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