surgical
Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
Adjective 3 meanings
Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
Precise or very accurate.
“The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.”
Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out.
Etymology
From Middle English cirurgical, borrowed from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin cirurgicālis, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Replaced Old English Old English læċe (“doctor, physician”). By surface analysis, surgery + -ical.
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SURGICAL at a glance
SURGICAL has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + R 1 + G 2 + I 1 + C 3 + A 1 + L 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,529 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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