microsurgery

English Thesaurus

1. surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures (noun.act)

hypernym	:	operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process,
definition	:	a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (noun.act)

hyponym	:	robotic telesurgery,
definition	:	microsurgery in which the surgeon performs surgery by manipulating the hands of a robot (noun.act)