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surgical

sur·gi·cal [ súrjik'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. of surgery: relating to or accomplished by surgery
surgical removal of warts

2. resulting from surgery: as a result of of surgery
surgical scar

3. precise: like surgery in requiring or being characterized by great skill or great precision
surgical strikes

[Late 18th century. Alteration (after surgeon) of French cirurgical< cirurgien "surgeon" < cirurgie (see surgery)]

sur·gi·cal·ly adverb
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