surgical process
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- a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body“they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available”“he died while undergoing surgery”Synonyms: operationsurgerysurgical operationsurgical procedureType of medical procedureKinds ablation, gastrectomy, taxis, vivisection, enucleation, gastrostomy, palatopharyngoplasty, enterostomy, photocoagulation, plastic surgery +54 moreParts suturing, hemostasis, incision
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