Nonsurgical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being medical treatment that does not involve surgery, such as use of drugs or physical therapy. not-comparable

    "He desperately tried anything to treat his cancer while avoiding surgery; every nonsurgical technique under the sun: chemotherapy, radiation, weird diets..."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not surgical wordnet

Synonyms

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;medicalmedical[appendix:glossarynonoperative

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"He desperately tried anything to treat his cancer while avoiding surgery; every nonsurgical technique under the sun: chemotherapy, radiation, weird diets..."

Etymology

From non- + surgical.

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