surgical
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sur·gi·cal /ˈsɜːdʒɪkəl $ ˈsɜːr-/ ●○○ adjective [only before noun] 1 
MHrelating to or used for medical operations 外科的；外科手术用的 surgical techniques 外科技术surgical equipment/instruments/treatment scalpels and other surgical instruments 手术刀和其他外科手术器械 →5 see picture at 见图 mask12. surgical stocking/collar etc British EnglishMD a stocking etc that someone wears to support a part of their body that is injured or weak 外科用袜子/领圈[护颈]等3 done very carefully and in exactly the right place 仔细的；精确的 With surgical precision he cut four inches off the legs of the jeans. 他以外科手术般的精准从牛仔裤上剪下四英寸长的裤管。 —surgically /-kli/ adverb The lump was surgically removed. 这个肿块通过手术切除了。
MHrelating to or used for medical operations 外科的；外科手术用的 surgical techniques 外科技术surgical equipment/instruments/treatment scalpels and other surgical instruments 手术刀和其他外科手术器械 →5 see picture at 见图 mask12. surgical stocking/collar etc British EnglishMD a stocking etc that someone wears to support a part of their body that is injured or weak 外科用袜子/领圈[护颈]等3 done very carefully and in exactly the right place 仔细的；精确的 With surgical precision he cut four inches off the legs of the jeans. 他以外科手术般的精准从牛仔裤上剪下四英寸长的裤管。 —surgically /-kli/ adverb The lump was surgically removed. 这个肿块通过手术切除了。Examples from the Corpus
surgical• These drugs are much more potent and are practically surgical in their effects.• surgical instruments• Workers in surgical masks are running a hydraulic compressor and tractor-trailer drivers are warming up their big rigs.• The attack was carried out with surgical precision.• a surgical procedure• The course is aimed at trainees from all surgical specialties.• There he was handed a smock and a scalpel and one of the new surgical stapling devices.surgical equipment/instruments/treatment• A change in management was recorded if manometry changed either medical or surgical treatment.• Then she was hired to work at the hospital, sterilizing surgical instruments and assisting elderly patients.• Displays of early surgical instruments give a chilling glimpse of the pain the sick must have endured before anaesthetic was invented.• The surgeon uses the tiny camera to guide the surgical instruments in freeing the kidney.• Controversy exists over the influence of medical or surgical treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux on Barrett's oesophagus.• The most extreme example of this was in the surgical treatment sometimes meted out to women.• Before the availability of endoscopic bile duct intervention surgical treatment was the usual approach to management.• We found medical equipment, surgical instruments, weap-ons, clothing, documents.Origin surgical (1700-1800) surgeon + -icalsur·gi·cal adjectiveChineseSyllable
used Corpus operations medical to relating for or
surgical
sur‧gi‧cal /ˈsɜːdʒɪkəl $ ˈsɜːr-/
adjective [only before noun]
1. relating to or used for medical operations:
surgical techniques
surgical equipment/instruments/treatment
scalpels and other surgical instruments
2. surgical stocking/collar etc British English a stocking etc that someone wears to support a part of their body that is injured or weak
3. done very carefully and in exactly the right place:
With surgical precision he cut four inches off the legs of the jeans.
—surgically /-kli/ adverb:
The lump was surgically removed.
sur‧gi‧cal /ˈsɜːdʒɪkəl $ ˈsɜːr-/
adjective [only before noun] Date: 1700-1800
Origin: surgeon + -ical
Origin: surgeon + -ical
1. relating to or used for medical operations:
surgical equipment/instruments/treatment
2. surgical stocking/collar etc British English a stocking etc that someone wears to support a part of their body that is injured or weak
3. done very carefully and in exactly the right place:
—surgically /-kli/ adverb: