surgical procedure

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Explanation of "Surgical Procedure"

Definition: A "surgical procedure" is a medical operation where doctors use special tools to cut into the body. They do this to fix something that is broken or to treat an illness.

Summary

A "surgical procedure" is an important term in medicine that refers to an operation involving cutting into the body to treat a health issue.

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Noun

1. 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

• operation
• surgery
• surgical operation
• surgical process