surgical
English
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːdʒɪkəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝdʒɪkəl/
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Adjective
surgical (comparative more surgical, superlative most surgical)
- Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
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- (figuratively) Precise or very accurate.
- The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.
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Translations
of or relating to surgery
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precise or very accurate
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