surgical
Connected with surgery, such as hospital work and care for people who need an operation.
Relating to or concerned with surgery and surgical practice, especially hospital departments, staff, and care involving operations.
Made to be used during an operation.
Designed or intended for use during surgical procedures.
Done by having an operation, not by using only medicine or other treatments.
Obtained or accomplished by performing surgery, rather than by medication or other non-invasive treatments.
Very exact and carefully targeted, so that only the thing you want is affected.
Extremely precise, focused, and controlled, affecting only the intended target and causing minimal unwanted effects, often used figuratively.
- Base: surgical
surgical instruments
1tools used in surgery
Special tools that doctors use during an operation, such as scissors, clamps, and knives.
- All surgical instruments must be sterilized between operations.
- The tray of surgical instruments was laid out beside the patient.
- The hospital ordered new surgical instruments for the operating rooms.
surgical intervention
1treatment using surgery
Medical treatment where doctors use an operation to fix or change a problem in the body.
- Early surgical intervention can prevent long-term damage.
- The condition usually improves without surgical intervention.
- Doctors decided that surgical intervention was the best option.
surgical mask
1disposable medical face mask
A light, disposable mask that covers the nose and mouth, usually worn by doctors, nurses, and patients to stop germs spreading.
- All staff must wear a surgical mask in the operating room.
- During the epidemic, many people started wearing surgical masks in public.
- She removed her surgical mask and washed her hands carefully.
surgical precision
1extremely high accuracy
A very high level of accuracy and care, as if done by a very skilled surgeon.
- The thief cut the glass with surgical precision and left no fingerprints.
- Her movements on stage had surgical precision.
- The data was analyzed with surgical precision before any decision was made.
surgical procedure
1medical operation on the body
A medical operation that a doctor does on a person’s body.
- The patient will undergo a minor surgical procedure tomorrow morning.
- All surgical procedures carry some level of risk.
- She asked the doctor to explain the surgical procedure in simple terms.
surgical strike
1highly targeted military attack
A military attack that is planned to hit only one small, specific target and avoid harming other people or places.
- The government ordered a surgical strike against the rebel base.
- Officials claimed the bombing was a surgical strike aimed only at the radar site.
- They discussed whether a surgical strike could destroy the facility without starting a wider war.
surgical ward
1hospital unit for surgery patients
The part of a hospital where people stay when they are waiting for an operation or are recovering from one.
- Visitors are allowed on the surgical ward from 4 to 7 p.m.
- He was moved from the intensive care unit to the surgical ward.
- Nurses on the surgical ward monitor patients closely after operations.