Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Being medical treatment that does not involve surgery, such as use of drugs or physical therapy.

    He desperately tried anything to treat his cancer while avoiding surgery; every nonsurgical technique under the sun: chemotherapy, radiation, weird diets...

More definitions
  • not surgical

Synonyms

2 synonyms
nonoperativemedical[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedsurgery

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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