Synonyms for surgical
ˈsɜr dʒɪ kəlsur·gi·cal

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1. surgicaladjective

   of or relating to or involving or used in surgery

   "surgical instruments"; "surgical intervention"

   Synonyms:
   operative

   Antonyms:
   nonsurgical, medical, inaccurate

2. surgical, operativeadjective

   relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

   "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"

   Synonyms:
   functional, running(a), working(a), operative

   Antonyms:
   medical, inaccurate, nonsurgical

3. surgicaladjective

   performed with great precision

   "a surgical air strike"

   Synonyms:
   operative

   Antonyms:
   medical, inaccurate, nonsurgical

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1. List of paraphrases for "surgical":

   surgery, chirurgie, surgeries

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1. Asha Hassan:

   There’s a lot of growth and work that we can do within the health care industry and environment to make sure that people know that [medication abortion] is safe, and something that is extremely accessible compared to surgical abortion right now.

2. Marissa Parrott:

   They were flipping them over, making a very distinctive, almost surgical precision cut down the chest. They would even remove the gallbladder outside the body, which contains toxic bile salts. They knew to remove that bit. She added that the rats understood which areas of the toad were poisonous, using their sharp teeth and dextrous hands to eatthe non-toxic parts while leaving the poisonous areas stripped. In the medium-sized toads, as well as eating the heart and liver, they would strip off the toxic skin from one or both legs and eat the non-toxic thigh muscle.

3. Justin Maykel:

   I think it probably is our best hope, when I signed up, I never thought Id be donating my plasma. I thought Id be using my surgical skills to help people, but its really not a surgeon or a doctor thing. Its really just about being another member of our community.

4. Harvey Fineberg:

   I'm not going to wear a surgical mask, because clinicians need those, but I have a nice western-style bandana I might wear. Or I have a balaclava. I have some pretty nice options.

5. Maria Siemionow:

   The surgical procedure itself of transplant is relatively standard, the major problem is the selection of the candidate -- who is and who is not the face transplant candidate.