Hypertext Webster Gateway: "surgical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Surgical \Sur"gi*cal\, a.
Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of
surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical
instruments.
{Surgical fever}. (Med.)
(a) Py[ae]mia.
(b) Traumatic fever, or the fever accompanying inflammation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
surgical
adj 1: of or relating to or involving or used in surgery; "surgical
instruments"; "surgical intervention" [ant: {nonsurgical}]
2: relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery
especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix";
"a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" [syn: {operative}]
[ant: {medical}]
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