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nonsurgical

nonsurgical adjective: being medical treatment that does not involve surgery, such as use of drugs or physical therapy.

Adjective

nonsurgical (not comparable)

  1. Being medical treatment that does not involve surgery, such as use of drugs or physical therapy.
    • He desperately tried anything to treat his cancer while avoiding surgery; every nonsurgical technique under the sun: chemotherapy, radiation, weird diets...
    • Gone is the era of the cookie-cutter, ski jump nose. Today’s cosmetic doctors are approaching rhinoplasties with a more artistic, individualized approach, using new surgical and nonsurgical techniques to refine rather than revamp one of the most prominent features of the face.2020 December 8, Tatiana Boncompagni, “The New Nose: Is the Bump Back?”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    nonoperative, medical[Appendix:Glossary
    Antonyms:
    surgical, operative

Synonyms of nonsurgical

Antonyms

Origin of nonsurgical

From non- + surgical.

Words formed from nonsurgical

Questions about nonsurgical

What does nonsurgical mean?
Nonsurgical means being medical treatment that does not involve surgery, such as use of drugs or physical therapy.
What part of speech is nonsurgical?
Nonsurgical is an adjective.

Words near nonsurgical in the dictionary

  1. nonsurface
  2. nonsurfactant
  3. nonsurfactants
  4. nonsurgeon
  5. nonsurgeons
  6. nonsurgical
  7. nonsurgically
  8. nonsurjective
  9. nonsurplus
  10. nonsurprise
  11. nonsurprises

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