Meanings
adjectiveantisurgical (comparative more antisurgical, superlative most antisurgical)
comparative more antisurgical · superlative most antisurgical
- Opposing surgery.
Alternative healers also espoused a decidedly antisurgical bias, and many promised cures that avoided the knife.
2009, Jason Szabo, Incurable and intolerable, page 34
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
- Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
- Proto-Hellenic*worgós
- Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
- Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
- Late Latinchīrurgicus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Medieval Latincirurgicālis
- Middle Frenchcirurgica
- Middle Englishcirurgical
- Englishsurgical
- Englishantisurgical
Cite this entry
APA
antisurgical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisurgical
MLA
“antisurgical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisurgical. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antisurgical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antisurgical.
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