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SURGICALLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a surgical manner; by means of surgery
Example:
surgically removed
Classified under:
Pertainym:
surgical (of or relating to or involving or used in surgery)
Context examples:
With DBS, electrodes are surgically implanted in the brain.
(Parkinson's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
A device surgically placed under the scalp and used to deliver anticancer drugs to the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
(Ommaya reservoir, NCI Dictionary)
Indicates the absence of tumor cells at the edge of a surgically excised specimen.
(Negative Surgical Margin, NCI Thesaurus)
Drug administration through a gastric fistula or a surgically created artificial opening into the stomach through the abdominal wall with insertion of a tube.
(Administration via Gastrostomy, NCI Thesaurus)
A metal device that is surgically placed in the jawbone.
(Dental implant, NCI Dictionary)
It usually presents in women with a history of benign uterine leiomyomas that have been surgically removed years before the extrauterine neoplasm spread.
(Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma of the Uterine Corpus, NCI Thesaurus)
A procedure to connect healthy sections of tubular structures in the body after the diseased portion has been surgically removed.
(Anastomosis, NCI Dictionary)
A tube surgically placed into a blood vessel for the purpose of giving intravenous fluid and drugs or for obtaining blood samples.
(Central venous access catheter, NCI Thesaurus)
A tube surgically placed into a blood vessel for the purpose of giving intravenous fluid and drugs.
(Central venous access catheter, NCI Dictionary)
Dr. Zaghloul’s team has been using grids of surgically implanted electrodes to record the electrical brain activity of drug resistant epilepsy patients.
(Our brains may ripple before remembering, National Institutes of Health)
