adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: operative
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
surgical
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl/
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General-American: /ˈsɝd͡ʒɪkəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Precise or very accurate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a surgical appendix
- a surgical procedure
- operative dentistry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: operative
Antonyms: medical
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- surgical instruments
- surgical intervention
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: nonsurgical
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
performed with great precision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a surgical air strike
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhes- Proto-Indo-European *-ōr Proto-Indo-European *ǵhésōr Proto-Hellenic *khéhər Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Ancient Greek -ουργός (-ourgós) Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek χειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)bor. Late Latin chīrurgicus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin cirurgicālisder. Middle French cirurgicalbor. Middle English cirurgicalder. English surgical 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.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: جِرَاحِيّ (jirāḥiyy) — of or relating to surgery
- Armenian: վիրաբուժական (virabužakan) — of or relating to surgery
- Asturian: quirúrxicu — of or relating to surgery
- Bulgarian: хирурги́чески (hirurgíčeski) — of or relating to surgery
- Catalan: quirúrgic — of or relating to surgery
- Czech: chirurgický — of or relating to surgery
- Danish: kirurgisk — of or relating to surgery
- Esperanto: ĥirurga — of or relating to surgery
- Estonian: kirurgiline — of or relating to surgery
- Finnish: kirurginen — of or relating to surgery
- French: chirurgical — of or relating to surgery
- Galician: cirúrxico — of or relating to surgery
- German: chirurgisch — of or relating to surgery
- Greek: χειρουργικός (cheirourgikós) — of or relating to surgery
- Ido: kirurgiala — of or relating to surgery
- Indonesian: bedah — of or relating to surgery
- Indonesian: sirurgis — of or relating to surgery
- Irish: máinliach — of or relating to surgery
- Irish: máinliachta — of or relating to surgery
- Italian: chirurgico — of or relating to surgery
- Māori: hāparapara — of or relating to surgery
- Occitan: cirurgical — of or relating to surgery
- Polish: chirurgiczny — of or relating to surgery
- Portuguese: cirúrgico — of or relating to surgery
- Russian: хирурги́ческий (xirurgíčeskij) — of or relating to surgery
- Spanish: quirúrgico — of or relating to surgery
- Swedish: kirurgisk — of or relating to surgery
- Turkish: cerrahi — of or relating to surgery
- Ukrainian: хірургі́чний (xirurhíčnyj) — of or relating to surgery
- Danish: kirurgisk — precise or very accurate
- Estonian: kirurgilise täpsusega — precise or very accurate
- Estonian: väga täpne — precise or very accurate
- Finnish: kirurginen — precise or very accurate
- German: chirurgisch — precise or very accurate
- Irish: mionchruinn — precise or very accurate
- Irish: críochnúil — precise or very accurate
- Irish: mionchúiseach — precise or very accurate
- Polish: chirurgiczny — precise or very accurate
- Polish: aptekarski — precise or very accurate
- Swedish: kirurgisk — precise or very accurate
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