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Word: knifeless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cryogenics (application of temperatures close to absolute zero*) and helped to adapt an extremely cold probe to destroy hard-to-reach pituitary tissue in brain operations. Now Rand is making use of another recently utilized phenomenon: superconductivity. With the help of a powerful "superconductive" magnet, he is accomplishing knifeless, bloodless destruction of tumors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Starving the Tumor | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

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