ADJECTIVE | pert | surgical | of or relating to or involving or used in surgery |
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all | surgical, operative | relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine | |
all | surgical | performed with great precision |
Sounds | ser'jhihkahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | Of or relating to or involving or used in surgery. | |
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Opposite | nonsurgical | not surgical |
Spanish | quirúrgico | |
Catalan | quirúrgic | |
Nouns | surgery | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments |
surgery | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures | |
Adverbs | surgically | in a surgical manner |
Meaning | relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine. | |
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Synonym | operative | |
Narrower | postoperative | happening or done after a surgical operation |
preoperative | happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation | |
Opposite | medical | requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery |
Spanish | operatorio, quirúrgica, quirúrgico | |
Catalan | operatori, quirúrgic | |
Nouns | surgery | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments |
surgery | the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures |
Meaning | Performed with great precision. | |
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Example | "a surgical air strike" | |
Broader | accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
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