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# surgical

«surgical» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with surgery, the work of doctors who operate on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Surgical means to do with surgery, the work of doctors who operate on the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/#m1)

2) Surgical means very exact and careful, as if done by a surgeon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and science it describes tools and clothing used in hospitals: surgical gloves, surgical masks, surgical instruments. In news, «surgical» can describe something done very precisely. Phrases: «surgical mask», «surgical gloves», «surgical procedure», «with surgical precision».

### examples

- The nurse wore surgical gloves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/#x1)
- Surgical masks stop germs from spreading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/#x2)
- The doctor used a surgical knife called a scalpel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/#x3)
- Grandma needs a small surgical operation on her knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/#x4)
- The tools were kept in a surgical tray. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/#x5)
- She cut the paper shapes with surgical precision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/#x6)
- Surgical instruments must be very clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/#x7)

### note

Adverb: surgically. Noun: surgery; person: surgeon. Spelling ends in «-ical». «Surgical spirit» (UK) is a cleaning alcohol, not a drink.

### In the corpora

- ["Surgical strike" means a bombing that is claimed to hit only its target, though it often hits more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «surgical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surgical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.