sur·gi·cal (sûr j -k l)adj.1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of surgeons or surgery. 2. Used in surgery. 3. Resulting from or occurring after surgery. 4. Extremely accurate; precise: surgical air strikes against enemy compounds.
[From surgeon.]
sur gi·cal·ly adv. |
surgical Adjective
involving or used in surgery
surgically adv
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| Adj. | 1. | surgical - of or relating to or involving or used in surgery; "surgical instruments"; "surgical intervention" |
| 2. | surgical - relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"medical - requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pneumonia is a medical disease" |
| 3. | surgical - performed with great precision; "a surgical air strike"accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale" |
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