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hydrosurgery

hydrosurgery noun: a form of surgery in which small jets of water are employed to debride damaged tissue.

Noun

hydrosurgery (uncountable)

  1. A form of surgery in which small jets of water are employed to debride damaged tissue

Origin of hydrosurgery

From hydro- + surgery.

Questions about hydrosurgery

What does hydrosurgery mean?
Hydrosurgery means a form of surgery in which small jets of water are employed to debride damaged tissue.
What part of speech is hydrosurgery?
Hydrosurgery is a noun.

Words near hydrosurgery in the dictionary

  1. hydrosulphurets
  2. hydrosulphuretted
  3. hydrosulphuric
  4. hydrosulphuric acid
  5. hydrosulphurous acid
  6. hydrosurgery
  7. hydrosuture
  8. hydrosutured
  9. hydrosutures
  10. hydrosuturing
  11. hydrosystem

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