surgical
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of or relating to or involving or used in surgery
surgical instruments
Related & opposite
- nonsurgical antonym
- surgery derivation
- surgical operation pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
a surgical appendix
Related & opposite
- medical antonym
- surgical operation derivation
- surgery derivation
- operate on derivation
- preoperative similar to
- postoperative similar to
Sense 3 adjective
performed with great precision
a surgical air strike
Related & opposite
- accurate similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonsurgical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | surgery |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | surgical operation |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | medical |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | surgical operation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | surgery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | operate on |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | preoperative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | postoperative |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | accurate |