procedure
pruh see jer
- n a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
the procedure of obtaining a driver's license - n a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
- n a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
- n a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings
- The procedure has long been regarded as a solution to many women's health problems, but some critics say it is overused.
- But the results are mixed for many other procedures.
- A procedure that replaces faulty genes in the blind might hold cures for all kinds of genetic diseases and for cancer.