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surgical procedure vs microsurgery

microsurgery vs surgical procedure

surgical procedure and microsurgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
surgical procedure Yes No No No
microsurgery Yes No No No
As nouns, microsurgery is a hyponym of surgical procedure; that is, microsurgery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than surgical procedure:
  • surgical procedure: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  • microsurgery: surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures
surgical procedure (noun) microsurgery (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures
Difference between surgical procedure and microsurgery

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