surgical
adjective
sur·gi·cal
ˈsər-ji-kəl 
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: characteristic of or resembling surgery or a surgeon especially in control or incisiveness
surgical precision
Examples of surgical in a Sentence
The work was done with surgical precision.
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Grey helps save the life of a new surgical intern played by Jade Petty.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
This includes an angiography machine, which provides ultra-high resolution views of blood vessels in the brain, as well as advanced surgical microscopes.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Rachelle Jeune, who was a surgical tech in the UMass Memorial Health Care system, tried to get a religious exemption from the COVID vax mandate at UMass Memorial back in 2021.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
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surgical
adjective
sur·gi·cal
ˈsər-ji-kəl
: of, relating to, or associated with surgeons or surgery
surgical skills
surgical equipment
a surgical fever
Medical Definition
surgical
adjective
sur·gi·cal
ˈsər-ji-kəl
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