Definition of Microsurgery

1. Noun. Surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures.


Definition of Microsurgery

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

2. Noun. Surgical procedures that are very small. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Microsurgery

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Medical Definition of Microsurgery

1. Reconstructive surgery on small body parts performed under magnification using delicate instruments and precise techniques. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microsurgery

microstrain
microstrains
microstrip
microstrips
microstructural
microstructure
microstructured
microstructures
microstylar
microsuede
microsuedes
microsurface
microsurfaces
microsurge
microsurgeries
microsurgery (current term)
microsurges
microsurgical
microsurgically
microsuture
microswimmer
microswimmers
microswitch
microswitches
microsynteny
microsyringe
microsyringes
microsystem
microsystems
microtape

Literary usage of Microsurgery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"Gomel V. Clinical results of infertility microsurgery, in Crosignani PG, ... microsurgery of the fallopian tube with the carbon dioxide laser: Analysis of ..."

2. Biomedical Technology Resources: A Research Resources Directory edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"Laser-based light microscopic microsurgery and micromanipulation studies of organelles and spindles in living cells. Resource Capabilities Instruments AEI ..."

3. Current Issues in Women's Health: An Fda Consumer Special Report (1993)
"This is sometimes possible through microsurgery. Other candidates for such surgery are men whose vas deferentia ... microsurgery is not a cure-all, however. ..."

4. Virtual Environments for Health Care by Judi Moline (1995)
"microsurgery Without a Microscope: Development of a Three-Dimensional On-Screen microsurgery System (TOMS). Journal of Medicine and Virtual Reality 1,1 ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Chemotherapeutic drug studies on single cells, lymphoid cell cultures, and animals; karyotyping and microsurgery. Desires teaching- research. ..."

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