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Medical Procedure

Definition:

A medical procedure refers to a planned activity performed by healthcare professionals to diagnose, treat, or prevent a medical condition or disease.

Senses:

Sense 1:

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: A specific action or series of actions undertaken by medical personnel to achieve a medical goal.

Example sentence: The medical procedure to remove the appendix is called an appendectomy.

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Sense 2:

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition: Pertaining to or involving medical procedures.

Example sentence: The patient was advised to undergo a medical procedure to remove a tumor.

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Sense 3:

Part of Speech: Adverb

Definition: In a manner related to or characteristic of medical procedures.

Example sentence: The patient's wound was healing medically, with no complications.

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