Meanings
adverbmicrosurgically (not comparable)
- not comparableBy means of microsurgery.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
- Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
- Proto-Hellenic*worgós
- Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
- Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
- Late Latinchīrurgicus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Medieval Latincirurgicālis
- Middle Frenchcirurgica
- Middle Englishcirurgical
- Englishsurgical
- Englishmicrosurgical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishmicrosurgically
From microsurgical + -ly.
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APA
microsurgically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsurgically
MLA
“microsurgically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsurgically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microsurgically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microsurgically.
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