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surgical

adjective
 
🔊/ˈsɜːdʒɪkl/
🔊/ˈsɜːrdʒɪkl/
[only before noun]
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  1. used in or connected with surgery外科的；外科手术的
    • surgical procedures手术程序
    • a surgical ward (= for patients having operations)外科手术病房
    Topics Medicinec1
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySurgical is used with these nouns:
    • appliance
    • consultation
    • dressing
    • …
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    Word Originlate 18th cent. (earlier as chirurgical): from French cirurgical, from Old French sirurgie, based on Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirourgia ‘handiwork, surgery’, from kheir ‘hand’ + ergon ‘work’.