microsurgerynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmaɪ.krəʊˈsɜː.dʒər.i/us/ˌmaɪ.kroʊˈsɝː.dʒər.i/operations on very small areas of a body, for example nerve fibres (= structures like threads) or the small tubes that carry blood:
She underwent microsurgery to re-attach her severed fingers.
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Medical treatment: surgery
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- anaesthesiology
- anastomose
- anesthesiology
- circumcise
- collagen
- eviscerate
- frontal lobotomy
- implant
- keyhole surgery
- laminectomy
- laparoscopic
- laparoscopy
- laparotomy
- ligation
- nose job
- pump out sth
- transplant
- tuck
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