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overinstrumentation

overinstrumentation noun: use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby.

Noun

overinstrumentation (uncountable)

  1. Use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby.
  2. Excessive instrumentation.
    • Over-instrumentation as a topic of concern The point where the proper degree of instrumentation ends and overinstrumentation begins cannot be defined […].1967, Captain Leroy D. Pigg, “HUMAN FACTORS IN RELATION TO OVER-INSTRUMENTATION”, in Proceedings of the International ISA Aerospace ..., page 248
    • This often means over-instrumentation with dense arrays of sensors in a limited area rather than finely-tuned capacity planning.2008, Roberto Verdone, Wireless Sensor Networks: 5th European Conference, EWSN 2008, page 338

Origin of overinstrumentation

From over- + instrumentation.

Words that rhyme with overinstrumentation

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Questions about overinstrumentation

What does overinstrumentation mean?
Overinstrumentation means use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby.
What part of speech is overinstrumentation?
Overinstrumentation is a noun.

Words near overinstrumentation in the dictionary

  1. overinstruct
  2. overinstructed
  3. overinstructing
  4. overinstruction
  5. overinstructs
  6. overinstrumentation
  7. overinsulinization
  8. overinsulinizations
  9. overinsurance
  10. overinsure
  11. overinsured

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