Meanings
adverbsurgically (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to surgery; by means of surgery.
His cancer was treated surgically instead of with drugs or radiation.
2 more examples
When HBO airs “Behind the Candelabra” on May 26, the world will get to see Matt Damon play Liberace’s drug-addled, surgically enhanced lover – a role about as far from Jason Bourne as it gets.
2013 March 11, Adam Markovitz, “Matt Damon on (maybe) returning to ‘Bourne’ and playing Liberace’s lover”, in CNNThe cause of uroperitoneum often can be determined and the condition corrected surgically.
2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 57, →DOI
Origin
- 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
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishsurgically
Translations
Catalan quirúrgicament
- quirúrgicamentrelating surgery
French chirurgicalement
- chirurgicalementrelating surgery
German chirurgisch
- chirurgischrelating surgery
Italian chirurgicamente
- chirurgicamenterelating surgery
Polish chirurgicznie
- chirurgicznierelating surgery
Portuguese cirurgicamente
- cirurgicamenterelating surgery
Spanish quirúrgicamente
- quirúrgicamenterelating surgery
Cite this entry
APA
surgically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgically
MLA
“surgically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surgically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgically.
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