surgical

[sur-ji-kuhl]

adjective

1. pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.

2. used in surgery.

3. characterized by extreme precision or incisiveness.

   a surgical air strike against enemy targets.

surgical

/ ˈsɜːdʒɪkəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, involving, or used in surgery

2. (of an action) performed with extreme precision

   a surgical air attack on the missile complex

Other Word Forms

• surgically adverb
• nonsurgical adjective
• nonsurgically adverb
• postsurgical adjective
• presurgical adjective
• prosurgical adjective
• unsurgical adjective
• unsurgically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of surgical¹

First recorded in 1760–70; surg(eon) + -ical

Example Sentences

However, “it’s a manageable one in our view that we think investors will gradually begin to look through” given Intuitive’s 20-year lead in the market for surgical robots, Truist wrote.

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DBS is a surgical procedure using electrodes implanted in the brain and is suitable for some patients with disorders such as Parkinson's.

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As the inmate sits up, visibly wounded, an officer puts on a surgical glove and grabs him again by the collar and, with the help of a colleague, slams him against a wall.

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In 1981, as President Reagan was wheeled into surgery, he quipped to the surgical team, “I hope you are all Republicans.”

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J&J said it would shed the orthopedics business because of its lower growth and lower margins compared with other parts of its medical-device unit, which include heart devices, surgical products and vision-care products.

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