挙きょ上じょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

elevation; lifting up

Medical term for raising a body part or tissue, often used in surgical or anatomical contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive/intransitive verb.

• 手しゅ術じゅつでは、まず皮ひ膚ふを挙きょ上じょうしてから内ない部ぶの組そ織しきにアクセスします。

  In surgery, we first elevate the skin and then access the internal tissue.

• この筋きん力りょくトレーニングは、腕うでの挙きょ上じょう運うん動どうを繰くり返かえします。

  This strength training involves repeated elevation movements of the arm.