microsurgery

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adjective

Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body.

“Reattaching his severed finger required microsurgery to suture together the tiny blood vessels.”

OriginEnglish surgery ← Middle English surgerie ← Old French surgerie →
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Meanings

adjectivemicrosurgery (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body.
nounmicrosurgery (plural microsurgeries)

plural microsurgeries

  1. Surgical procedures that are very small.

    Reattaching his severed finger required microsurgery to suture together the tiny blood vessels.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  7. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  8. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  12. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
  13. Ancient Greekχειρουργέω (kheirourgéō)
  14. Ancient Greekχειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)
  15. Latinchīrūrgia
  16. Old Frenchsurgie
  17. Old Frenchsurgerie
  18. Middle Englishsurgerie
  19. Englishsurgery
  20. Englishmicrosurgery

From micro- + surgery.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 顯微外科 /显微外科, 顯微手術 /显微手术
  • 顯微外科 /显微外科 (xiǎnwēi wàikē)surgical procedures that are very small
  • 顯微手術 /显微手术 (xiǎnwēi shǒushù)surgical procedures that are very small
Finnish mikrokirurgia
  • mikrokirurgiasurgical procedures that are very small
French microchirurgie
  • microchirurgiesurgical procedures that are very small
Russian мѝкрохирурги́я
  • мѝкрохирурги́я (mìkroxirurgíja)surgical procedures that are very small
Spanish microcirugía
  • microcirugíasurgical procedures that are very small
Swedish mikrokirurgi
  • mikrokirurgisurgical procedures that are very small
Turkish mikrocerrahi
  • mikrocerrahisurgical procedures that are very small
Cite this entry
APA

microsurgery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsurgery

MLA

“microsurgery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsurgery. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microsurgery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsurgery.

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