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Surgical Procedure
Definition 1
A diagnostic or treatment procedure performed by manual and/or instrumental means, often involving an incision and the removal or replacement of a diseased organ or tissue; of or relating to or involving or used in surgery or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A procedure to remove or repair a part of the body or to find out whether disease is present. An operation. (NCI Dictionary)
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