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surgical
What does surgical mean?
surgical (adjective): of or relating to or involving or used in surgery.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use surgical in a sentence?
- Surgical instruments. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Surgical intervention. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce surgical?
/ˈsɝdʒɪkəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does surgical come from?
From Middle English cirurgical, borrowed from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin cirurgicālis, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to surgical
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “surgical” mean?
of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
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intended to deter attack
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capable of being changed
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having a specified value
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