surgical
Origin of surgical
1Other words from surgical
- sur·gi·cal·ly, adverb
- non·sur·gi·cal, adjective
- non·sur·gi·cal·ly, adverb
- post·sur·gi·cal, adjective
- pre·sur·gi·cal, adjective
- pro·sur·gi·cal, adjective
- un·sur·gi·cal, adjective
- un·sur·gi·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use surgical in a sentence
Cultural pressures to police gender norms fuelled the widespread practice of surgically reassigning gender at birth.
He detailed his troops to secure the apartment as they went, surgically, methodically, like all SEAL assaults.
The Night the SEALS Captured the Butcher of Fallujah | Patrick Robinson | November 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe military refers to such a weapon as a “surgically implanted improvised explosive device,” or SIIED.
Meet the Terrorist Who Most Terrifies America’s Terrorist Hunters | Daniel Klaidman | August 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are either watched without intervention or surgically evacuated.
How Serious Is Hillary Clinton’s Blood Clot and Hospitalization? | Kent Sepkowitz | December 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNorm is a symbol of implacable corporate power—preening, surgically perfected, casually domineering.
An instant later he experienced one of those sudden deaths which have made this city popularly famous and surgically interesting.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileSteele attempted to deal with this extraordinary lesion surgically, but the child died a few hours later.
The syringe should be sterile and, needless to say, the site of injections must be surgically clean.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixIf infection results because of a compound fracture, loose pieces of bone must be removed surgically and drainage provided for.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixThe auricle and surrounding parts should also be surgically cleansed, and afterwards protected by a simple aseptic compress.
British Dictionary definitions for surgical
/ (ˈsɜːdʒɪkəl) /
of, relating to, involving, or used in surgery
(of an action) performed with extreme precision: a surgical air attack on the missile complex
Derived forms of surgical
- surgically, adverb
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