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Definition hypnosurgery in American English

hypnosurgery noun

noun
1

surgical treatment in which the patient is sedated using hypnosis rather than traditional anaesthetics

Example

Several experts and lecturers from Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) have successfully performed the centre's first hypnosurgery, a procedure that uses hypnotherapy instead of anaesthetics for sedation.

Definition hypnosurgery in American English