heart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed on the beating heart by the use of small instruments and cameras threaded through small incisions
A widely used word in mathematics that generally means atomic or unsimplifiable For example, prime numbers are minimal with respect to factorization of whole numbers
Something that is minimal is very small in quantity, value, or degree. The co-operation between the two is minimal One aim of these reforms is effective defence with minimal expenditure. very small in degree or amount, especially the smallest degree or amount possible (minimus; MINIMUM)