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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgery on minute body structures or cells performed with the aid of a microscope and other specialized instruments, such as a micromanipulator.
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- adjective Relating to
techniques ofsurgery on very small ordelicate parts of the body. - noun
Surgical procedures that are very small.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures
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