Antonyms of noun minor_surgery

1 sense of minor surgery

Sense 1
minor surgery -- (any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance)
       Antonym of major surgery (Sense 1)
      => major surgery -- (any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun minor_surgery

1 sense of minor surgery

Sense 1
minor surgery -- (any surgical procedure that does not involve anesthesia or respiratory assistance)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")