microsurgery
adjective, noun
microsurgery is spelled M-I-C-R-O-S-U-R-G-E-R-Y: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, microsurgery means “Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in microsurgery?
| Letters | 12: M-I-C-R-O-S-U-R-G-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 94,827th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is microsurgery?
Microsurgery appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 94,827th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce microsurgery?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-microsurgery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of microsurgery
- microsurgeries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microsurgery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Relating to techniques of surgery on very small or delicate parts of the body.
noun
- 1
Surgical procedures that are very small.
Reattaching his severed finger required microsurgery to suture together the tiny blood vessels.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Microsurgery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense surgical procedures that are very small:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | microchirurgie |
| Spanish | microcirugía |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.