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Webster 1913 Edition

Surgical

Sur′gi-cal

(sûr′jĭ-kal)
,
Adj.
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)
Pyaemia.
(b)
Traumatic fever, or the fever accompanying inflammation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Surgical

SUR'GICAL

,
Adj.
Pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery.

Definition 2024

surgical

surgical

English

Adjective

surgical ‎(comparative more surgical, superlative most surgical)

  1. Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
    • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
      Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
  2. Precise or very accurate.
    The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.‎

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