nonsurgical

Thân thiện

A doctor explains a nonsurgical treatment plan to a patient.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not involving or requiring surgery: Describes medical treatments, procedures, or techniques that do not involve making an incision or performing an operation on the body.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The doctor recommended a nonsurgical approach to treat the back pain.
  • Many skin conditions can be improved with nonsurgical methods like laser therapy.
  • This is a nonsurgical procedure, so recovery time is much shorter.

Advanced Usage

• "nonsurgical intervention": A medical action or treatment that does not involve surgery.
  • The first line of treatment is usually a nonsurgical intervention.
• "nonsurgical management": The process of controlling or treating a condition without an operation.
  • The nonsurgical management of the disease was successful for several years.

Variants and Related Words

• Nonsurgically (adverb): In a manner not involving surgery.
  • The condition was treated nonsurgically.
• Minimally invasive (adjective phrase): A related term describing procedures that involve very small incisions, often contrasted with both traditional surgery and purely nonsurgical methods.

Synonyms

• Non-invasive: Not requiring incision into the body or the removal of tissue.
• Conservative (in a medical context): Treatment that avoids radical measures or surgery.

Antonyms

• Surgical: Involving or used in surgery.
• Operative: Of, relating to, or involving a surgical operation.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not surgical
   • nonsurgical techniques