- used in or connected with surgery
- surgical procedures
- a surgical ward (= for patients having operations)
Oxford Collocations DictionarySurgical is used with these nouns:- appliance
- consultation
- dressing
- …
- (especially of a military attack from the air) very accurate
- They launched surgical strikes against enemy targets.
- surgical bombing
- The quarterback found the wide receiver with a pass of almost surgical precision.
Word Originlate 18th cent. (earlier as chirurgical): from French cirurgical, from Old French sirurgie, based on Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirourgia ‘handiwork, surgery’, from kheir ‘hand’ + ergon ‘work’.
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