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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This includes an angiography machine, which provides ultra-high resolution views of blood vessels in the brain, as well as advanced surgical microscopes.
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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
Similar to Kevin Jennings from SMU, Leavitt did most of his damage from outside the pocket, while Hoover was surgical with his accuracy inside of it.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
The researchers see their method as a key step toward surgical models that truly replicate the human body.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
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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
Similar to Kevin Jennings from SMU, Leavitt did most of his damage from outside the pocket, while Hoover was surgical with his accuracy inside of it.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
The researchers see their method as a key step toward surgical models that truly replicate the human body.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for surgical
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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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