surgical
Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
Other meanings
Precise or very accurate.
“The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.”
Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out.
Related words
- surgical tape
- surgical gown
- surgically
- surgical procedure
- surgical spirit
- cosmetic surgical
- anatomicosurgical
- antisurgical
- cardiosurgical
- chemosurgical
- craniosurgical
- cryosurgical
Word history
From Ancient Greek "χειρουργία".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “surgical” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.