extrasurgical

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adjective

Beyond, or in addition to surgery.

OriginEnglish surgical ← Middle English cirurgical ← Middle French cirurgica →
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Meanings

adjectiveextrasurgical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBeyond, or in addition to surgery.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
  10. Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
  11. Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
  14. Proto-Hellenic*worgós
  15. Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
  16. Ancient Greekχειρουργῐκός (kheirourgĭkós)
  17. Late Latinchīrurgicus
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Medieval Latincirurgicālis
  21. Middle Frenchcirurgica
  22. Middle Englishcirurgical
  23. Englishsurgical
  24. Englishextrasurgical

From extra- + surgical.

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APA

extrasurgical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrasurgical

MLA

“extrasurgical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrasurgical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extrasurgical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrasurgical.

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