nonsurgical
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Adjective
[edit]nonsurgical (not comparable)
- Being medical treatment that does not involve surgery, such as use of drugs or physical therapy.
- Synonyms: nonoperative; medical (in a technical sense thereof)
- Antonyms: surgical, operative
- He desperately tried anything to treat his cancer while avoiding surgery; every nonsurgical technique under the sun: chemotherapy, radiation, weird diets...
- 2020 August 12, Tatiana Boncompagni, “The New Nose: Is the Bump Back?”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Gone is the era of the cookie-cutter, ski jump nose. Today’s cosmetic doctors are approaching rhinoplasties with a more artistic, individualized approach, using new surgical and nonsurgical techniques to refine rather than revamp one of the most prominent features of the face.
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