adj
surgical
SURD-zhih-kuhl
adj
1
Relating to or used in surgery.
"The nurse laid out the surgical instruments."
2
Extremely precise and controlled.
"The strike was carried out with surgical precision."
How to Use Surgical
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishRelating to operations on the body, or, more broadly, extremely precise.
Common pairings
surgical precision
surgical instruments
surgical strike
Word Forms
more surgical comparative, most surgical superlative
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