elective
Six months after the treatment ended, the surgeon electively operated to remove the tumour.
Only surgical procedures that were electively planned are included in this study.
The doctor will not usually perform caesarean sections electively unless a woman is very close to her due date.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Medical treatment: surgery
ablate
ablation
adenoidectomy
adrenalectomy
allograft
amputation
anaesthesia
blood transfusion
endonasal
enterostomy
enucleate
enucleated
enucleation
general anaesthetic
pump something out
reduction mammaplasty
regraft
reimplant
reimplantation
suture
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