percutaneous

adjective

per·cu·ta·ne·ous | \ ˌpər-kyü-ˈtā-nē-əs

Definition of percutaneous

: effected, occurring, or performed through the skin

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Stents are implanted during angioplasty procedures called percutaneous coronary interventions, or PCIs. — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, "Which Heart Patients Need Stents? A New Study Stirs Debate," 4 Dec. 2017 For example, Piedmont Newnan is about to start percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), which is basically like a cath lab. — Jon Waterhouse, ajc, "Using social media in nursing," 30 Mar. 2017

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More Definitions for percutaneous

percutaneous

adjective

per·cu·ta·ne·ous | \ ˌpər-kyu̇-ˈtā-nē-əs

: effected or performed through the skin percutaneous removal of renal calculi— G. M. Preminger et al