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Surgical   /sˈərdʒɪkəl/   Listen
Surgical

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or involving or used in surgery.  "Surgical intervention"  Antonym: nonsurgical.
2.
Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine.  Synonym: operative.  "A surgical procedure" , "Operative dentistry"  Antonym: medical.
3.
Performed with great precision.



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"Surgical" Quotes from Famous Books



... would be pleased to send you the names of people who state they have been cured of various aliments and speaking the highest praise of this medicine. Don't suffer with agonizing pains—don't permit a dangerous surgical operation, which gives only temporary relief, when this medicine will permanently ...
— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens
... usually claim that man is the only tool-user. This is a gross mistake—elephants, when walking along the road, will break branches from the trees and use them as fly-brushes;[120] these creatures also manufacture surgical instruments, and use them in getting rid of certain parasites;[121] monkeys use rocks and hammers to crack nuts too hard for their teeth; these creatures also make use of missiles to hurl at their foes;[122] chimpanzees ...
— The Dawn of Reason - or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals • James Weir
... the wet garments, and I returned to my companion, who was suffering from her foot, but still more from a frightful headache. She had a burning fever. I concluded that bleeding was urgently needed, but commenced by assuaging her thirst with some lemonade. I then opened my box of surgical instruments, and approached the opening to the east which served us for a window, and which we could close by means of a curtain, that was now entirely raised to give air to our dear invalid, and to amuse my children, ...
— The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island • Johann David Wyss
... the breakfast table, I heard Carl telling his mother that as soon as he woke up he sprang out of bed and went to see how his canary was. During the night, poor foolish Dick had picked off the splints from his leg, and now it was as bad as ever. "I shall have to perform a surgical operation," ...
— Beautiful Joe - An Autobiography of a Dog • by Marshall Saunders
... a surgical operation for a complaint affecting her right arm and rendering it useless, so that the habits of many years had to be laid aside, and she could no longer without difficulty work, or write, or play on the piano, of which her musical talent and ...
— Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, (Victoria) Vol II • Sarah Tytler


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