minimally invasive

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adjective

(of medical treatments or procedures) requiring only a small incision or the insertion of an instrument into a body cavity; involving minimal damage of body tissue: minimally invasive endoscopy.

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Words nearby minimally invasive

minimalism, minimalist, minimalistic, minimalize, minimal lethal dose, minimally invasive, minimal pair, minimal reacting dose, minimarket, minimart, minimax

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How to use minimally invasive in a sentence

In commercial service, these helicopters found a life hauling logs, in an approach to forestry billed as minimally invasive logging.
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Though some RAS can be used for traditional open surgeries, it is generally associated with minimally invasive procedures.
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The procedure they undergo to extract eggs is intense and invasive and there are no sexual kicks involved.
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But what if vasectomies were cheap, non-invasive, fully reversible, and as widespread as the female birth control pill?
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Only in the high seas are there still some habitats free of invasive species.
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A day running errands in public can involve multiple strangers asking invasive questions about her body and her abilities.
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And the hot fudge is some of the best anywhere – thick and glossy black, just minimally sweet.
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She studied it till the conventional phrases took a fiery hue, and came at her with an invasive rush.
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This is the Anarchistic definition of government: the subjection of the non-invasive individual to an external will.
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Two obstacles, the one external, the other internal, checked its invasive progress.
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Afterwards Lowell wrote again, owning himself wrong in his appeal, which he had come to recognize as invasive.
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It is enough to say that Sepia found her companion distrait, and he felt her a little invasive.
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British Dictionary definitions for minimally invasive

minimally invasive

minimal invasive

adjective

(of surgery) involving as little incision into the body as possible, through the use of techniques such as keyhole surgery and laser treatment

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