Mohs' technique

Mohs' technique

noun

Definition of MOHS' TECHNIQUE

: a chemosurgical technique for the removal of skin malignancies in which excision is made to a depth at which the tissue is microscopically free of cancer—called also Mohs' chemosurgery

Biographical Note for MOHS' TECHNIQUE

Mohs \ˈmōz\ Frederic Edward (1910–2002), American surgeon. Mohs served for many years as professor of surgery and chief of the chemosurgery clinic at the University of Wisconsin. He discovered and developed the clinical use of chemosurgery for the microscopically controlled excision of cancer of the skin, lip, parotid gland, and other external structures.