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MINOR SURGERY

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• MINOR SURGERY (noun)
The noun MINOR SURGERY has 1 sense:

1. any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance

Familiarity information: MINOR SURGERY used as a noun is very rare.

• MINOR SURGERY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("minor surgery" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Antonym:

major surgery (any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance)

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