surgical

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝd͡ʒɪkəl/

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Adjective

surgical (comparative more surgical, superlative most surgical)

1. Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 24 April 2013, 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.

2. (figuratively) Precise or very accurate.

   The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.

3. (figuratively) Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out

Derived terms

• anatomicosurgical
• antisurgical
• cardiosurgical
• chemosurgical
• cosmetic surgical
• craniosurgical
• cryosurgical
• cybersurgical
• dermasurgical
• electrosurgical
• extrasurgical
• immunosurgical
• intrasurgical
• liposurgical
• medicosurgical
• microsurgical
• nanosurgical
• neurosurgical
• nonsurgical
• non-surgical
• oncosurgical
• otosurgical
• perisurgical
• phonosurgical
• piezosurgical
• polysurgical
• postsurgical
• presurgical
• pre-surgical
• proctosurgical
• psychosurgical
• radiosurgical
• rhinosurgical
• surgical abdomen
• surgical glove
• surgical gown
• surgicalist
• surgically
• surgical mask
• surgical procedure
• surgical spirit
• surgical stocking
• surgical strike
• surgical technologist
• surgicenter
• telesurgical
• unsurgical
• viscosurgical

 

Translations

of or relating to surgery

• Arabic: جِرَاحِيّ (jirāḥiyy)
• Armenian: վիրաբուժական (hy) (virabužakan)
• Asturian: quirúrxicu
• Bulgarian: хирурги́чески (hirurgíčeski)
• Catalan: quirúrgic
• Czech: chirurgický (cs)
• Danish: kirurgisk
• Esperanto: ĥirurga
• Estonian: kirurgiline
• Finnish: kirurginen (fi)
• French: chirurgical (fr)
• Galician: cirúrxico (gl)
• German: chirurgisch (de)
• Greek: χειρουργικός (el) (cheirourgikós)
• Ido: kirurgiala (io)
• Irish: máinliach, máinliachta
• Italian: chirurgico (it)
• Maori: hāparapara
• Occitan: cirurgical (oc)
• Polish: chirurgiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: cirúrgico (pt)
• Russian: хирурги́ческий (ru) (xirurgíčeskij)
• Spanish: quirúrgico (es)
• Swedish: kirurgisk (sv)
• Turkish: cerrahi (tr)
• Ukrainian: хірургі́чний (xirurhíčnyj)

precise or very accurate

• Danish: kirurgisk
• Estonian: kirurgilise täpsusega, väga täpne
• Finnish: kirurginen (fi)
• German: chirurgisch (de)
• Irish: mionchruinn, críochnúil, mionchúiseach
• Polish: chirurgiczny (pl), aptekarski (pl)