blunt dissection
C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
The separation of tissue planes using a non-cutting instrument or a finger rather than a scalpel.
The surgeon used blunt dissection to free the gallbladder from its bed and avoid injuring the duct.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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