laser surgery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of laser surgery
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Rare earths are also critical to the production of medical technology like laser surgery and MRI scans, as well as key defence technologies.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
But if the need for follow-up laser surgery developed later — perhaps years — they would be able to perform it.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2022
Yet the eye doctor, sure of his diagnosis, performed the laser surgery.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2018
When Diane Legg began seeing black specks in her right eye, she went to an ophthalmologist near her home in Amesbury, Mass. He said she had a torn retina and needed laser surgery.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2018
Similarly, laser surgery in the form of cutting or burning away tissue is made more accurate because laser output can be very precisely focused and is preferentially absorbed because of its single wavelength.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
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