Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of surgeons or surgery.
- adjective Used in surgery.
- adjective Resulting from or occurring after surgery.
- adjective Extremely accurate; precise.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery: as, surgical instruments; a surgical operation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery.
- adjective (Med.) Traumatic fever, or the fever accompanying inflammation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, relating to, used in, or resulting from
surgery - adjective
precise or veryaccurate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
- adjective of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
- adjective performed with great precision
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"To bomb Ukraine -- conduct what they call a surgical strike against a military base -- absolutely outrageous in view of the Ukrainians 'gesture of friendship."
Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998
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Democrats in the California Legislature have advocated similar steps, preferring what they call a surgical approach to the state's budget problems rather than the wholesale elimination of programs proposed by the Republican governor.
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Democrats in the California Legislature have advocated similar steps, preferring what they call a surgical approach to the state's budget problems rather than the wholesale elimination of programs proposed by the Republican governor.
unknown title 2009
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Democrats in the California Legislature have advocated similar steps, preferring what they call a surgical approach to the state's budget problems rather than the wholesale elimination of programs proposed by the Republican governor.
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Improved plastic surgery and advances in surgical techniques, such as a skin-sparing mastectomy and simultaneous breast reconstruction, might be part of the reason more woman are choosing to have a mastectomy.
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Pam Udy of the International Cesarean Awareness Network blames the continuing increase in surgical deliveries in part on the decline in vaginal births after C-sections.
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Pam Udy of the International Cesarean Awareness Network blames the continuing increase in surgical deliveries in part on the decline in vaginal births after C-sections.
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"She takes his head, and the corpses of the dead cops, back to her secret, high-tech, underground lab where, using the latest advances in surgical engineering, cybernetic organs, and computer imaging, she makes medical history."
Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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This baby should be referred to the surgical clinic where the bone can be set and casted, but first he needs something for his pain.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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This baby should be referred to the surgical clinic where the bone can be set and casted, but first he needs something for his pain.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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