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surgical - 5 dictionary results

sur⋅gi⋅cal

[sur-ji-kuhl]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
2. used in surgery.
3. characterized by extreme precision or incisiveness: a surgical air strike against enemy targets.

Origin:
1760–70; surg(eon) + -ical


sur⋅gi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
sur·gi·cal   (sûr'jĭ-kəl)   
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

Sur"gi*cal\, a. Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.

Surgical fever. (Med.) (a) Py[ae]mia. (b) Traumatic fever, or the fever accompanying inflammation.
Language Translation for : surgical
Spanish: quirúrgico,
German: chirurgisch,
Japanese: 外科の

Main Entry: sur·gi·cal
Pronunciation: 's&r-ji-k&l
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or concerned with surgeons orsurgery
2 : requiring surgical treatment surgical appendix>
3 : resulting from surgery <surgical fever>
4 : done by or used in surgery or surgical conditions <surgical gauze>
surgical stocking>

surgical sur·gi·cal (sûr'jĭ-kəl)
adj.

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of surgeons or surgery.
  2. Used in surgery.
  3. Resulting from or occurring after surgery.

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