What does Surgical mean?

Definitions for Surgical
ˈsɜr dʒɪ kəlsur·gi·cal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. surgicaladjective

    of or relating to or involving or used in surgery

    "surgical instruments"; "surgical intervention"

  2. surgical, operativeadjective

    relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

    "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"

  3. surgicaladjective

    performed with great precision

    "a surgical air strike"

Wiktionary

  1. surgicaladjective

    of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery

  2. surgicaladjective

    precise or very accurate

    The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.

ChatGPT

  1. surgical

    Surgical refers to anything related to, performed by, or used in surgery, which is a medical specialty that employs operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function, appearance, or to repair unwanted ruptured areas. It can also describe a level of precision or accuracy, as in "surgical precision".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Surgicaladjective

    of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Surgical in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Surgical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Surgical in a Sentence

  1. Joshua Wolf:

    As antibiotic resistance rates rise, it is inevitable that prophylaxis will become less effective, it is very likely that surgical procedures will become less safe for patients.

  2. The American Red Cross:

    There is an urgent need for blood donations right now to meet the needs of patients in hospitals as surgical procedures and treatments that were temporarily paused earlier this spring in response to COVID-19 resume.

  3. Adam Harter:

    Gaming has exploded to such a massive audience, it's not just about those competitive gamers... I see this now as an opportunity to become more surgical in how we reach consumers.

  4. Harvey Fineberg:

    I'm not going to wear a surgical mask, because clinicians need those, but I have a nice western-style bandana I might wear. Or I have a balaclava. I have some pretty nice options.

  5. District Attorney Janet DiFiore:

    Throughout his five years, Garnett Spears was forced to suffer through repeated hospitalizations, unneeded surgical procedures and ultimately poisoning with salt, all at the hands of the one person who should have been his ultimate protector: his mother, using the child’s 'illnesses' to self aggrandize herself, her actions directly lead to her son’s tortured death.

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