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chirurgic

chirurgic adjective: of or pertaining to chirurgery; surgical.

Adjective

chirurgic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to chirurgery; surgical.
    • […] That all Ulcers which are ſtubborn or, as they are termed, rebellious, come under the Name of Cacoethic, a Word frequently met with in chyrurgic Treatiſes […]1736, Daniel Turner, “Of Ulcers in General”, in The Art of Surgery: in which is Laid down such a General Idea of the same, as is Founded upon Reason, Confirm'd by Practice, and farther Illustrated...
    • "I brought my chirurgic instruments with me."1898, Maurus Jokai, The Nameless Castle

Forms of chirurgic

alternative formchirurgical

Origin of chirurgic

Compare French chirurgique surgical, Latin chirurgicus, Ancient Greek χειρουργικός (kheirourgikós, “surgical”), from χειρουργός (kheirourgós, “surgeon”), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). See chirurgeon, and compare surgical.

Questions about chirurgic

What does chirurgic mean?
Chirurgic means of or pertaining to chirurgery; surgical.
What part of speech is chirurgic?
Chirurgic is an adjective.

Words near chirurgic in the dictionary

  1. chirurgeons
  2. chirurgeries
  3. chirurgery
  4. chirurgian
  5. chirurgians
  6. chirurgic
  7. chirurgical
  8. chirurgie
  9. chirurgies
  10. chirurgion
  11. chirurgions

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