operazione chirurgica

Definitions of operazione chirurgica
  1. noun
    a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
    synonyms: intervento, operazione
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    asportazione, escissione
    surgical removal of a body part or tissue
    raschiamento
    surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette
    sterilizzazione
    the act of making an organism barren or infertile (unable to reproduce)
    innesto, trapianto
    an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
    appendicectomia
    surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
    fissaggio
    the sterilization of an animal
    vasectomia
    surgical procedure that removes all or part of the vas deferens (usually as a means of sterilization); is sometimes reversible
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