"surgical" meaning in English

See surgical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɝd͡ʒɪkəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-surgical.ogg Forms: more surgical [comparative], most surgical [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English cirurgical, borrowed from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin cirurgicālis, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Replaced Old English Old English læċe (“doctor, physician”). By surface analysis, surgery + -ical. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|cirurgical}} Middle English cirurgical, {{bor|en|frm|cirurgical}} Middle French cirurgical, {{der|en|ML.|cirurgicālis}} Medieval Latin cirurgicālis, {{der|en|grc|χειρουργία}} Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), {{cog|ang|læċe||doctor, physician}} Old English læċe (“doctor, physician”), {{surf|en|surgery|-ical}} By surface analysis, surgery + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} surgical (comparative more surgical, superlative most surgical)
  1. Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery. Translations (of or relating to surgery): جِرَاحِيّ (jirāḥiyy) (Arabic), վիրաբուժական (virabužakan) (Armenian), quirúrxicu (Asturian), хирурги́чески (hirurgíčeski) (Bulgarian), quirúrgic (Catalan), chirurgický (Czech), kirurgisk (Danish), ĥirurga (Esperanto), kirurgiline (Estonian), kirurginen (Finnish), chirurgical (French), cirúrxico (Galician), chirurgisch (German), χειρουργικός (cheirourgikós) (Greek), kirurgiala (Ido), máinliach (Irish), máinliachta (Irish), chirurgico (Italian), hāparapara (Maori), cirurgical (Occitan), chirurgiczny (Polish), cirúrgico (Portuguese), хирурги́ческий (xirurgíčeskij) (Russian), quirúrgico (Spanish), kirurgisk (Swedish), cerrahi (Turkish), хірургі́чний (xirurhíčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-surgical-en-adj-eT2QVLlA Disambiguation of 'of or relating to surgery': 100 0 0
  2. (figuratively) Precise or very accurate. Tags: figuratively Translations (precise or very accurate): kirurgisk (Danish), kirurgilise täpsusega (Estonian), väga täpne (Estonian), kirurginen (Finnish), chirurgisch (German), mionchruinn (Irish), críochnúil (Irish), mionchúiseach (Irish), chirurgiczny (Polish), aptekarski (Polish), kirurgisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-surgical-en-adj-94c4vSE0 Disambiguation of 'precise or very accurate': 0 97 2
  3. (figuratively) Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out Tags: figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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      "word": "جِرَاحِيّ"
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      "word": "хирурги́чески"
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      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "quirúrgic"
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      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "chirurgický"
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      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "kirurgisk"
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      "word": "ĥirurga"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "kirurgiline"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "kirurginen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "chirurgical"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "cirúrxico"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "chirurgisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cheirourgikós",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "χειρουργικός"
    },
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "kirurgiala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "máinliach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "máinliachta"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "chirurgico"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "hāparapara"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "cirurgical"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "chirurgiczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "cirúrgico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xirurgíčeskij",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "хирурги́ческий"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "quirúrgico"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "kirurgisk"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "cerrahi"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "xirurhíčnyj",
      "sense": "of or relating to surgery",
      "word": "хірургі́чний"
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      "sense": "precise or very accurate",
      "word": "kirurgilise täpsusega"
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      "code": "et",
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      "word": "väga täpne"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "precise or very accurate",
      "word": "chirurgisch"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "críochnúil"
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      "word": "mionchúiseach"
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      "word": "aptekarski"
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}

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