minimally invasive
or minimal invasive
(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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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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British Dictionary definitions for minimally invasive
(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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