surgical
UK/ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl//ˈsɝd͡ʒɪkəl/
surgical adjective: of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
Adjective
surgical (comparative more surgical, superlative most surgical)
- Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
- 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.2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2013, page 200
- Synonyms:
- operative
- Precise or very accurate.
- The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.
- Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out.
surgical meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic
surgical in Urdu
- جراحی کا
surgical in Bengali
- শল্যচিকিত্সামূলক
surgical in Malayalam
- ശസ്ത്രക്രിയയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, ശസ്ത്രക്രിയയ്ക്കു വേണ്ടിയുളള, വ്രണ ചികിത്സയെ സംബന്ധിക്കുന്ന
surgical in Arabic
- of or relating to surgery
- جِرَاحِيّ jirāḥiyy
More languagesFewer languages
- surgical in Indonesian
- bedah, sirurgis
Examples of surgical in a sentence
- The lack of a sponge count was an omission by the surgical team.
- Since the development of fiber optics, treatments utilizing catheterization have replaced some former surgical procedures.
- If not for her surgical skill, you'd be dead now, so some appreciation may be in order.
Synonyms of surgical
Forms of surgical
| comparative | more surgical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most surgical |
Origin of surgical
From Middle English cirurgical, borrowed from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin cirurgicālis, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Replaced Old English Old English læċe (“doctor, physician”). By surface analysis, surgery + -ical.
Words formed from surgical
- anatomicosurgical
- antisurgical
- cardiosurgical
- chemosurgical
- cosmetic surgical
- craniosurgical
- cryosurgical
- cybersurgical
- dermasurgical
- electrosurgical
- extrasurgical
- immunosurgical
- intrasurgical
- liposurgical
- medicosurgical
- microsurgical
- nanosurgical
- neurosurgical
- nonsurgical
- non-surgical
- oncosurgical
- otosurgical
- perisurgical
- phonosurgical
- piezosurgical
- polysurgical
- postsurgical
- pre-surgical
- presurgical
- proctosurgical
- psychosurgical
- radiosurgical
- rhinosurgical
- surgical abdomen
- surgical glove
- surgical gown
- surgicalist
- surgically
- surgical mask
- surgical procedure
- surgical spirit
- surgical stocking
- surgical strike
- surgical tape
- surgical technologist
- surgicenter
- telesurgical
- unsurgical
- viscosurgical
Phrases with surgical
Questions about surgical
- What does surgical mean?
- Surgical means of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
- What is surgical in Urdu?
- Surgical in Urdu is جراحی کا. See Surgical meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is surgical?
- Surgical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce surgical?
- Surgical is pronounced /ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl/ (UK).
Words near surgical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: surgical (page history and authors); surgical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surgical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surgical (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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