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. Inga Gubeka:

    People going around in surgical masks is depressing, i have to maintain status quo and who I am despite the situation.

  2. Elizabeth Jewell:

    It adds additional justification for this surgical recommendation, i think that needs to be balanced with a woman’s quality of life from surgical menopause and their childbearing desires.

  3. Nancy Abu-Bonsrah:

    I am very much interested in providing medical care in underserved settings, specifically surgical care, i hope to be able to go back to Ghana over the course of my career to help in building sustainable surgical infrastructure.

  4. The Aug. 11-dated letter:

    Only the United States has the capacity to identify and smash Al-Shabaab elements operating within our country. The time for surgical strikes and limited engagement has passed, as Somalia’s problems have metastasized into the World’s problems.

  5. Yuen Kwok-yung:

    In our hamster experiment, it shows very clearly that if infected hamsters or humans -- especially asymptomatic or symptomatic ones -- put on masks, they actually protect other people, thats the strongest result we showed here. Transmission can be reduced by 50 percentwhen surgical masks are used, especially when masks are worn by infected individuals.

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