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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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Origin of minimally invasive
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby minimally invasive
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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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This week, I tried a new, minimally invasive procedure called Evolastin.
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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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