Surgical

Definition: Surgical

Surgical

Adjective

1. Of or relating to or involving or used in surgery; "surgical instruments"; "surgical intervention".

2. Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "surgical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1754. (references)

Synonym: Surgical

Remedy

Treatment, medical treatment, regimen; dietary, dietetics; vis medicatrix, vis medicatrix naturae; medecine expectante; bloodletting, bleeding, venesection, phlebotomy, cupping, sanguisae, leeches; operation, surgical operation; transfusion, infusion, intravenous infusion, catheter, feeding tube;

Crosswords: Surgical

2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital: 1 I.V. League. (references; author: unknown)

Surgical Spirit (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Eclipse Surgical Technologies, Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• General Surgical Innovations, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Dexterity Surgical, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Intuitive Surgical, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Lasik: A Color Atlas and Surgical Synopsis (reference)

• Bone Metastases: Medical, Surgical, and Radiological Treatment (reference)

• Dentofacial Deformities: Integrated Orthodontic and Surgical Correction: Volume I (reference)

• Abernathy's Surgical Secrets (Secrets Series) (reference)

• Treatment of Post Surgical Adhesions (Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, Vol 358) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Surgical Rounds (reference)

• Surgical Physician Assistant (reference)

• Diagnostic Molecular Pathology - American Jrnl Of Surgical Pathology (reference)

• Focus On Surgical Education (reference)

• Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Abduction and Surgical Removal of Alien Implants (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Surgical Disembowelment [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Panasonic ER203K Cord/Cordless Beard and Moustache Trimmer with Surgical Stainless Steel Blade (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Five illustrations showing the methods of surgical treatment that may be used: lumpectomy; modified radical mastectomy; partial mastectomy (also called segmental mastectomy), radical mastectomy (also called Halsted radical mastectomy), and total (simple) mastectomy. These illustrations appeared in "What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer." See artwork WYTK-05. Credit: Jeanne Kelly (Artist).

This is a laboratory setting showing two scientists, one in a lab coat and the another in surgical garb. Both are looking through a double-headed microscope viewing biopsy tissue for presence of cancer cells. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Shown is a PET scan (positron emission tomography) of a 17 year old girl with a longstanding history of epilepsy, who has a brain tumor classified as a grade 1 astrocytoma. The PET scan indicates that the tumor is not metabolizing excess glucose and is therefore benign. PET scans allow doctors to tell if a tumor is malignant without resorting to a surgical biopsy. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Ulcerated, endophytic adenocarcinoma of colon. Surgical specimen. Credit: CDC.

Much of the kidney has been replaced by gray and yellow tumor tissue. A little remaining renal cortex and pericapsular fat are visible at the bottom of this surgical specimen. Cancer. Credit: CDC.

Gastric adenocarcinoma with ulcerated surface and rolled border. Surgical specimen. Credit: CDC.

Exophytic adenocarcinoma of colon. Surgical specimen. Credit: CDC.

"Napkin-ring" configuration of colonic adenocarcinoma. Surgical specimen. Credit: CDC.

Navy Support Facility Medical and 81st Medical Surgical Squadron.

81st Medical Surgical Squadron.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

By the side of the bed, three candles were burning on a table upon which the surgical instruments were spread out.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Many surgical options have high rates of success. (references)

Standard therapy for melanoma is surgical excision. (references)

There are other reasons to consider surgical therapy. (references)

Business

This study covers diagnostic and electromedical equipment, surgical and disposable medical material and supplies used by physicians in Venezuelan hospitals and private offices. (references)

Pakistan produces and exports a wide range of simple medical, surgical, dental and veterinary instruments, hospital beds and non-electrical surgical goods and ancillary products for hospitals. (references)

For disposable systems and smaller devices like test kits, sutures, or surgical gloves, certification costs varies from USD 200 to USD 2,500. Registration certificates must be renewed every two years. (references)

Economic History

Denmark

However, equipment such as advanced diagnostic and surgical equipment remain relatively safe from cost-cutting initiatives. (references)

Greece

Most promising sales prospects are in sub-sectors such as surgical appliances and supplies, surgical/medical instruments, and electro-medical equipment. (references)

Cyprus

The new Nicosia General Hospital (436 beds with a potential for 600), currently under construction, will need the latest technology in medical and surgical equipment. (references)

Human Rights

Peru

Acting on allegations that more than 300,000 women were forcibly sterilized between 1995 and 2000 under the Fujimori administration, on October 25, Congress directed the Commission on Health to investigate the voluntary surgical sterilization program. (references)

Political Economy

COSTA RICA

Surgical and dental instruments and machinery can be sold only to licensed importers and health professionals. (references)

ITALY

In 1999, a child labor clause was attached to the national labor contract in the health sector, whereby the parties committed themselves not to use surgical tools produced by child labor. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

The registration is also valid for five years for pharmaceutical, hygienic, cosmetic and surgical products. (references)

Guatemala

In addition to a payment of $135.00 for pharmaceuticals, $110 for hygienic and cosmetics and $6.5 for surgical products. (references)

Guatemala

The import duty for pharmaceutical, hygienic and surgical products is 0 percent; just a few medicines such as antibiotics and alkaloids pay 5 percent duty. (references)

Women

Guinea

Despite diseases resulting from crude and unsanitary surgical instruments and deaths resulting from the practice, the tradition continues, seriously affecting many women's lives. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

Almost all children working in the surgical instrument industry are male. (references)

Pakistan

Projects in Sialkot include one in the surgical instruments industry and one in the nonformal (nonexporting) sectors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "surgical": Ambulatory Surgical Procedures ♦ Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures ♦ Cardiac Surgical Procedures ♦ Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures ♦ Digestive System Surgical Procedures ♦ Endocrine Surgical Procedures ♦ Gynecologic Surgical Procedures ♦ mobile Army Surgical Hospital ♦ Obstetric Surgical Procedures ♦ Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures ♦ Oral Surgical Procedures ♦ Otologic Surgical Procedures ♦ Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures ♦ Pulmonary Surgical Procedures ♦ Reconstructive Surgical Procedures ♦ sterile surgical catgut ♦ surgical boots ♦ surgical castration ♦ surgical contraception ♦ surgical coton ♦ surgical dressing ♦ surgical equipment ♦ surgical fever ♦ Surgical Flaps ♦ surgical gauze ♦ surgical gloves ♦ surgical gown ♦ surgical incision ♦ surgical instrument ♦ Surgical Instruments ♦ surgical intervention ♦ surgical knife ♦ surgical lamp ♦ Surgical Mesh ♦ surgical operation ♦ surgical procedure ♦ surgical process ♦ surgical sacrifice ♦ surgical seam ♦ surgical spirit ♦ surgical splint ♦ Surgical Sponges ♦ Surgical Staplers ♦ Surgical Stapling ♦ surgical sterilizer ♦ surgical stocking ♦ surgical strike ♦ surgical table ♦ surgical thread ♦ Surgical Wound Dehiscence ♦ Surgical Wound Infection ♦ Thoracic Surgical Procedures ♦ Urogenital Surgical Procedures ♦ Urologic Surgical Procedures ♦ Vascular Surgical Procedures ♦ World Federation for Voluntary Surgical Contraception ♦ World Federation of Health Agencies for the Advancement of Voluntary Surgical Contraception. Additional references.

Beginning with "surgical": surgical-type.

Ending with "surgical": non-surgical.

Afrikaans

operasie (operation, surgical operation). (various references)

Albanian

kirurgjik. (various references)

Arabic 

‏ناشئ عن الجراحة, ‏جراحي (operating, operative). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хирургически, операционен (operating, operation, operational, operative), оперативен (operational, operative, working). (various references)

Chinese 

外科. (various references)

Czech

operativní (operable, operative), chirurgický. (various references)

Danish

kirurgisk. (various references)

Dutch

chirurgisch. (various references)

Esperanto

kirurga, ĥirurga. (various references)

Faeroese

skurðviðgerð (operation, surgical operation), tiltak (enterprise, operation, surgical operation). (various references)

Finnish

kirurginen. (various references)

French

chirurgical. (various references)

German

chirurgisch (surgically), operativ (operational, operative, strategic). (various references)

Greek 

χειρουργικόσ (operative), χειρουργικός. (various references)

Hebrew 

כירורגי, נתוחי (analytic, operational). (various references)

Hungarian

sebészeti. (various references)

Indonesian

pembedahan (dissection, surgery, surgical operation), bedel (surgical operation), bedahan (surgical incision), bedah (surgical operation). (various references)

Italian

chirurgico. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

執刀 (performing a surgical operation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

メス (scalpel, surgical knife), しっとう (careless pitch, devitrification, impropriety, injustice, performing a surgical operation, unreasonableness), しゅじゅつい (surgical gown), しゅじゅつ (subject and predicate, surgical operation), せっかいしゅじゅつ (surgical operation), かいふく (improvement, making a surgical incision in the abdomen, recovery, rehabilitation, restoration), いりょうきかい (medical appliances, surgical instruments), げか (surgical department). (various references)

Korean 

외과. (various references)

Manx

laue-lheeagh. (various references)

Papiamen

operashon (operation, surgical operation). (various references)

Pig Latin

urgicalsay.(various references)

Portuguese

cirúrgico. (various references)

Romanian

chirurgical (operative). (various references)

Russian 

хирургический. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

hirurški. (various references)

Spanish

quirúrgico. (various references)

Swedish

kirurgisk. (various references)

Turkish

tıbbi (aesculapian, medical, medicinal), cerrahi, ameliyat (operating, operation). (various references)

Ukrainian

хірургічний. (various references)

Welsh

llawfeddygol. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "surgical": surgically. (additional references)

Words ending with "surgical": chemosurgical, cryosurgical, electrosurgical, microsurgical, neurosurgical, nonsurgical, postsurgical, psychosurgical. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Surgical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: saggital, Sarguja, sergical, Sericol, surfical. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: garlics, uracils.

-2 letters: argils, caulis, cigars, curial, garlic, glacis, glairs, grails, uracil, urials.

-3 letters: arcus, argil, argus, arils, aulic, auric, auris, carls, cauls, cigar, clags, crags, curia, curls, gaurs, girls, glair, glias, grail, guars, gular, iglus, laics, lairs, laris, liars, liras, ragis, rails, rials, rugal, salic, scaur, scrag, sugar, sulci, sural, urial.

-4 letters: ails.

+2 letters: curtilages, glycosuria, graciously, graticules, surgically.

+3 letters: disgraceful, glycosurias, nonsurgical.

+4 letters: agricultures, argillaceous, centrifugals, cryosurgical, gesticulator, postsurgical, sacrilegious, secularising, secularizing, ungraciously, unscrambling.

+5 letters: agriculturist, blackguardism, cartilaginous, chemosurgical, circularising, clearinghouse, disgracefully, gesticulators, gesticulatory, glucuronidase, microsurgical, multiorgasmic, neurosurgical, quadriplegics.