ˈsərjə̇kəl, ˈsə̄j-, ˈsəij-, -jēk- adjective
Etymology: surg eon + -ical
1. : of, relating to, or concerned with surgeons or surgery
2. : requiring surgical treatment
surgical appendix
— distinguished from medical
3. : resulting from surgery
surgical fever
4. : done by or used in surgery or surgical conditions
surgical gauze
surgical stocking
5. : held to resemble medical surgery especially in precision or incisiveness
a surgical insight into character — F.A.Pottle
as a tool of analysis it was surgical in its keenness — H.A.Overstreet
a surgical precision