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SURGICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Performed with great precision
Example:
a surgical air strike
Classified under:
Similar:
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
Example:
operative dentistry
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
preoperative (happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation)
postoperative (happening or done after a surgical operation)
Antonym:
medical (requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery)
Derivation:
surgery (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
surgery (the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
Example:
surgical intervention
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Antonym:
nonsurgical (not surgical)
Pertainym:
surgery (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
Derivation:
surgery (the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures)
Context examples:
Surgical opening of the anterior mediastinum.
(Anterior mediastinotomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Scientists found that it can be used to block pain from the surgical incision selectively for approximately 10 days.
(Chemical from cactus-like plant shows promise in controlling surgical pain, while leaving touch and coordination intact, National Institutes of Health)
The surgical removal of all or part of a limb or other appendage.
(Amputation, NCI Thesaurus)
Surgical preparation of the alveolar ridges, commonly used for the reception of dentures.
(Alveoloplasty, NCI Thesaurus)
A surgical procedure performed on an outpatient basis.
(Ambulatory Surgical Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)
A cooperative group sponsored by the NCI whose primary goal is to evaluate surgical therapies in the management of patients with malignant solid tumors.
(American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, NCI Thesaurus)
Any technology which helps in visualization of any biological process, cell, tissue or organ for the screening, diagnosis, surgical procedure or therapy.
(Medical Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)
The surgical removal of part or all of leg that is below the knee.
(Amputation of Leg Through Tibia and Fibula, NCI Thesaurus)
A surgical incision line that extends in a midline longitudinal axis of the uterus.
(Midline Longitudinal Uterine Incision, NCI Thesaurus)
A condition characterized by severe hypothyroidism that is caused by autoimmune thyroid gland disorders, surgical reduction of thyroid tissue, radiation exposure, and viral infections.
(Myxedema, NCI Thesaurus)
