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surgical

/ˈsɝd͡ʒɪkəl/adjective3 syllables

Surgical means: relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine.

Synonyms for surgical4

adjective, as in relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

operative, preoperative, postoperative

adjective, as in performed with great precision

accurate

Opposites of surgical

medical, nonsurgical

What does surgical mean?3

adjective

1

relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine“a surgical appendix”

2

performed with great precision“a surgical air strike”

3

of or relating to or involving or used in surgery“surgical instruments”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with surgical?1

four syllables

liturgical
Show 7 near rhymes
personalverticalencouragementmercifulterminusrefurbishmentnourishment

Surgical in a sentence

  • For these patients, surgical treatment is far from being satisfactory.unknown
  • Pharmacists said they had sold out of surgical masks, hand-sanitizers and disinfectant wipes.Hybrid
  • The surgical closure was poorly done, leaving a ragged scar.mccarras
  • Without water, surgical procedures and infection control become challenging.Amastan
  • In alert hands, the vote can be an effective surgical instrument.carlosalberto
  • The surgical removal of an ovary or ovaries is called an oophorectomy.Vanilla
  • Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of part or all of the uterus.Vanilla
  • Sami's body fought infection from a botched surgical operation.OsoHombre

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