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Definition of: micrurgy
(mī′krûr·jē) noun
A highly refined precision technique for the microdissection, study, and investigation of living protoplasm, usually in the form of single cells, as bacteria, amebae, etc. [<MICR(O)- + -URGY]
—mi·crur·gic (mī·krûr′jik) or ·gi·cal adjective
—mi′crur·gist noun
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