chirurgic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to chirurgery; surgical.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivechirurgic (not comparable)

alternative chirurgical

  1. not comparableobsoletemedicineOf or pertaining to chirurgery; surgical.

    "I brought my chirurgic instruments with me."

    1898, Maurus Jokai, The Nameless Castle
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    […] That all Ulcers which are ſtubborn or, as they are termed, rebellious, come under the Name of Cacoethic, a Word frequently met with in chyrurgic Treatiſes […]

    1736, Daniel Turner, “Of Ulcers in General”, in The Art of Surgery: in which is Laid down such a General Idea of the same, as is Founded upon Reason, Confirm'd by Practice, and farther Illustrated with many Singular and Rare Cases Medico-chirurgical. In Two Volumes, 5th corr. edition, volume II, London: Printed for C[harles] Rivington in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Clarke under the Royal Exchange, page 4

    "It is but fitting that a great medicus like you," said Nello, adjusting the cloth, "should be shaved by the same razor that has shaved the illustrious Antonio Benevieni, the greatest master of the chirurgic art."

    1863, George Eliot, Romola

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχειρουργικός“surgical”
  2. Englishchirurgic

Compare French chirurgique surgical, Latin chirurgicus, Ancient Greek χειρουργικός (kheirourgikós, “surgical”), from χειρουργός (kheirourgós, “surgeon”), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). See chirurgeon, and compare surgical.

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