👉 In the context of medicine, a polychrestic is a type of surgery where an individual's body is divided into four sections or "chest" compartments. This allows for more precise and accurate procedures to be performed on these parts of the body. It was originally used in the 19th century by surgeons to perform laparoscopic surgeries, which are minimally invasive surgical procedures that use small incisions and tools like a stapler to make them. The term "polychrest
