Overinstrumentation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby. uncountable
  2. 2
    Excessive instrumentation. uncountable

    "Over-instrumentation as a topic of concern The point where the proper degree of instrumentation ends and overinstrumentation begins cannot be defined […]."

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"Over-instrumentation as a topic of concern The point where the proper degree of instrumentation ends and overinstrumentation begins cannot be defined […]."

Etymology

From over- + instrumentation.

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