single-incision laparoscopic surgery

noun

A laparoscopy technique where only a single incision of between 1½ and 5 centimetres is made, mostly through the umbilicus.

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Meanings

nounsingle-incision laparoscopic surgery (countable and uncountable, plural single-incision laparoscopic surgeries)

plural single-incision laparoscopic surgeries

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA laparoscopy technique where only a single incision of between 1½ and 5 centimetres is made, mostly through the umbilicus.
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