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surgical
/ ˈsɜːdʒɪkəl /
adjective
- of, relating to, involving, or used in surgery
- (of an action) performed with extreme precision
a surgical air attack on the missile complex
Derived Forms
- ˈsurgically, adverb
Other Words From
- surgi·cal·ly adverb
- non·surgi·cal adjective
- non·surgi·cal·ly adverb
- post·surgi·cal adjective
- pre·surgi·cal adjective
- pro·surgi·cal adjective
- un·surgi·cal adjective
- un·surgi·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Add in additional demand, as with a surgical procedure, and the body is pushed to its very limits.
When the same abnormality was detected in a subsequent pregnancy at 18 weeks, she was able to have a surgical abortion.
For some, 72 hours will mark the difference between having a medical vs. a surgical procedure.
While some forms of DSD require careful medical attention, most cases do not require violent surgical intervention.
Two years ago, however, Nancy became ill with a post-surgical infection that caused her immense pain.
Strictures of the male urethra from chronic gonorrhoeal inflammation often require major surgical operations for relief.
A—surgical operation is, he says, the only—only thing that can possibly save her life, and—he hopes it will.
At his death, Benson became the possessor of his few books, his few surgical instruments and some curious preparations.
He also wrote on diseases of the urinary organs, and on local nervous affections of a surgical character.
It was up to me to find the boss as quickly as I could and have the three-cornered surgical operation over with.
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