surgical
adj.
pertaining to or involved in surgery; used in surgery; pertaining to surgeons
Surgery
Surgical
surgical
Adjective
1. of or relating to or involving or used in surgery; "surgical instruments"; "surgical intervention"
(antonym) nonsurgical
(pertainym) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
2. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"
(synonym) operative
(antonym) medical
(similar) preoperative
3. performed with great precision; "a surgical air strike"
(similar) accurate
Surgical
(a.)
Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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