# surgical

Pronunciation: say "SUR-ji-kuhl" US /ˈsɝd͡ʒɪkəl/, UK /ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl/

## Adjective

1. Involving surgery or connected with its methods, equipment, or effects.
   - Simple: Having to do with surgery, or used by doctors during an operation.
   - _Every surgical instrument must be sterilized before a procedure._
   - _The patient's surgical scar faded over several months._
2. Marked by precision and great accuracy.
   - Simple: Very exact and careful, hitting only what is aimed at.
   - _The editor made surgical cuts to the manuscript, removing only the weakest sentences._
   - _The midfielder threaded a surgical pass straight through the defense._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English cirurgical, borrowed via Middle French cirurgical and Medieval Latin cirurgicālis, ultimately from Ancient Greek kheirourgía (from kheír "hand" plus érgon "work"). It can also be analysed simply as surgery plus -ical.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/surgical (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).