unsurgical

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adjective

Not surgical.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveunsurgical (comparative more unsurgical, superlative most unsurgical)

comparative more unsurgical · superlative most unsurgical

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  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. Englishunsurgical

From un- + surgical.

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APA

unsurgical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurgical

MLA

“unsurgical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurgical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsurgical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsurgical.

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