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top⋅i⋅cal

  [top-i-kuhl]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest: a topical reference.
2. pertaining to the subject of a discourse, composition, or the like.
3. of a place; local.
4. Medicine/Medical. of, pertaining to, or applied externally to a particular part of the body; local: a topical anesthetic.
–noun
5. Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.
Origin:
1580–90; < Gk topik(ós) local, pertaining to commonplaces (see topo-, -ic ) + -al 1

Related forms:
top⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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top·i·cal   (tŏp'ĭ-kəl)   
adj.  
  1. Of or belonging to a particular location or place; local.
  2. Currently of interest; contemporary.
  3. Medicine
    1. Of or applied to a localized area of the body or to the surface of a body part.
    2. Of or relating to a drug applied topically.
  4. Of, arranged by, or relating to a particular topic or topics.
n.  A topical anesthetic.

[From Greek topikos, from topos, place.]
top'i·cal'i·ty (-kāl'ĭ-tē) n., top'i·cal·ly adv.
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Topical

Top"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. ?. See Topic, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

2. (Rhet. & logic) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a topic or topics; according to topics.

3. Resembling a topic, or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative, but merely probable, as an argument.

Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable. --Sir M. Hale.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : topical
Spanish: actual, de actualidad, de interés actual,
German: aktuell,
Japanese: 話題の
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Main Entry: top·i·cal
Pronunciation: 'täp-i-k&l
Function: adjective
: designed for or involving local application to or action on abodily part topical remedy> topical anesthetic> —top·i·cal·ly /-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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topical top·i·cal (tŏp'ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of or applied to a definite or localized area of the body.

top'i·cal·ly adv.

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