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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of or relating to or involving or used in surgery;
- Example: "surgical instruments"
- Example: "surgical intervention"

2. relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine;
- Example: "a surgical appendix"
- Example: "a surgical procedure"
- Example: "operative dentistry"
[syn: surgical, operative]

3. performed with great precision;
- Example: "a surgical air strike"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Surgical \Sur"gi*cal\ (s[^u]r"j[i^]*kal), a.
   Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of
   surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical
   instruments.
   [1913 Webster]

   Surgical fever. (Med.)
   (a) Pyaemia.
   (b) Traumatic fever, or the fever accompanying inflammation.
       [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: surgical,
       operative] [ant: medical]
    3: performed with great precision; "a surgical air strike"


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "surgical":
   allopathic, chiropodic, chiropractic, clinical, dental, exodontic,
   homeopathic, hydropathic, iatric, medical, naturopathic,
   neurological, obstetric, orthodontic, orthopedic, osteopathic,
   pediatric, periodontic, prosthodontic