Meanings
nounsurgical mask (plural surgical masks)
plural surgical masks
- A medical-grade mask worn during surgery.
Synonyms: face diaper, procedure mask, SARS mask
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA medical-grade mask worn during surgery.
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Translations
Arabic كِمَامَة, قِناع جِراحِيّ
- كِمَامَة (kimāma)mask worn to catch bacteria
- قِناع جِراحِيّ (qināʕ jirāḥiyy)mask worn to catch bacteria
Catalan màscara quirúrgica, mascareta
- màscara quirúrgicamask worn to catch bacteria
- mascaretamask worn to catch bacteria
- tapabocamask worn to catch bacteria
- màscara quirúrgicaspecifically, surgical mask
Chinese Cantonese 口罩
- 口罩 (hau² zaau³)mask worn to catch bacteria
Chinese Mandarin 口罩, 外科口罩
- 口罩 (kǒuzhào)mask worn to catch bacteria
- 外科口罩 (wàikē kǒuzhào)specifically, surgical mask
- 醫用口罩 /医用口罩 (yīyòng kǒuzhào)specifically, surgical mask
Czech rouška, chirurgická maska
- rouškamask worn to catch bacteria
- chirurgická maskamask worn to catch bacteria
- obličejová rouškamask worn to catch bacteria
- chirurgická maskaspecifically, surgical mask
Danish mundbind, mundble
- mundbindmask worn to catch bacteria
- mundblemask worn to catch bacteria
Dutch mondkapje, mondkap
- mondkapjemask worn to catch bacteria
- mondkapmask worn to catch bacteria
- mondmaskermask worn to catch bacteria
Finnish leikkausmaski, leikkausmaski
- leikkausmaskimask worn to catch bacteria
- leikkausmaskispecifically, surgical mask
French masque chirurgical, masque de procédure
- masque chirurgicalmask worn to catch bacteria
- masque de procéduremask worn to catch bacteria
- masque d'hygiènemask worn to catch bacteria
- masque à trois plismask worn to catch bacteria
- masque chirurgicalspecifically, surgical mask
German Mund-Nasen-Maske, Mund-Nasen-Schutz
- Mund-Nasen-Maskemask worn to catch bacteria
- Mund-Nasen-Schutzmask worn to catch bacteria
- Mundschutzmask worn to catch bacteria
- Schutzmaskemask worn to catch bacteria
Greek χειρουργική μάσκα
- χειρουργική μάσκα (cheirourgikí máska)mask worn to catch bacteria
Hungarian szájmaszk
- szájmaszkmask worn to catch bacteria
Indonesian masker bedah, masker
- masker bedahmask worn to catch bacteria
- maskermask worn to catch bacteria
Italian maschera chirurgica, mascherina chirurgica
- maschera chirurgicamask worn to catch bacteria
- mascherina chirurgicamask worn to catch bacteria
- maschera medicamask worn to catch bacteria
- maschera chirurgicaspecifically, surgical mask
- mascherina chirurgicaspecifically, surgical mask
Japanese 衛生マスク, マスク
- 衛生マスク (eisei masuku)mask worn to catch bacteria
- マスク (masuku)mask worn to catch bacteria
Korean 수술용 마스크, 마스크
- 수술용 마스크 (susuryong maseukeu)mask worn to catch bacteria
- 마스크 (maseukeu)mask worn to catch bacteria
Malay topeng pembedahan, pelitup
- topeng pembedahanmask worn to catch bacteria
- pelitupmask worn to catch bacteria
Norwegian Bokmål medisinsk munnbind, munnbind
- medisinsk munnbindmask worn to catch bacteria
- munnbindmask worn to catch bacteria
Persian ماسک جراحی
- ماسک جراحیmask worn to catch bacteria
Polish półmaska, maseczka chirurgiczna
- półmaskamask worn to catch bacteria
- maseczka chirurgicznamask worn to catch bacteria
- maseczka chirurgicznaspecifically, surgical mask
Portuguese máscara cirúrgica, máscara cirúrgica
- máscara cirúrgicamask worn to catch bacteria
- máscara cirúrgicaspecifically, surgical mask
Romanian mască chirurgicală, mască chirurgicală
- mască chirurgicalămask worn to catch bacteria
- mască chirurgicalăspecifically, surgical mask
Russian хирурги́ческая ма́ска
- хирурги́ческая ма́ска (xirurgíčeskaja máska)mask worn to catch bacteria
Spanish máscara quirúrgica, mascarilla quirúrgica
- máscara quirúrgicamask worn to catch bacteria
- mascarilla quirúrgicamask worn to catch bacteria
- tapaboca(s)mask worn to catch bacteria
- barbijomask worn to catch bacteria
- cubreboca(s)mask worn to catch bacteria
- nasobucomask worn to catch bacteria
- máscara quirúrgicaspecifically, surgical mask
- mascarilla quirúrgicaspecifically, surgical mask
Swedish munskydd, skyddsmask
- munskyddmask worn to catch bacteria
- skyddsmaskmask worn to catch bacteria
Thai ผ้าปิดจมูก, หน้ากากอนามัย
- ผ้าปิดจมูก (pâa-bpìt-jà-mùuk)mask worn to catch bacteria
- หน้ากากอนามัย (nâa-gàak-à-naa-mai)mask worn to catch bacteria
- แมสก์ (mɛ́ɛt)mask worn to catch bacteria
- แมส (mɛ́ɛt)mask worn to catch bacteria
Vietnamese khẩu trang, khẩu trang y tế
- khẩu trangmask worn to catch bacteria
- khẩu trang y tếmask worn to catch bacteria
Cite this entry
APA
surgical mask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgical%20mask
MLA
“surgical mask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgical%20mask. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surgical mask,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgical%20mask.
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