Synonyms for surgical
ˈsɜr dʒɪ kəlsur·gi·cal

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1. surgicaladjective

   of or relating to or involving or used in surgery

   "surgical instruments"; "surgical intervention"

   Synonyms:
   operative

   Antonyms:
   nonsurgical, medical, inaccurate

2. surgical, operativeadjective

   relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

   "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry"

   Synonyms:
   functional, running(a), working(a), operative

   Antonyms:
   medical, inaccurate, nonsurgical

3. surgicaladjective

   performed with great precision

   "a surgical air strike"

   Synonyms:
   operative

   Antonyms:
   medical, inaccurate, nonsurgical

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1. List of paraphrases for "surgical":

   surgery, chirurgie, surgeries

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1. Kristan Hawkins:

   This is a painful, dangerous type of abortion, which has a higher risk of complication than surgical abortion, which can lead to incomplete abortion, meaning you're going to have to go back at the risk of getting infected and possibly life-threatening infection.

2. Jonas Bloch:

   The effect of meniscal surgery for younger populations 18-40 years has never been compared with non-surgical treatments (exercise therapy or placebo), the best treatment - surgical or non-surgical - remains to be established in this younger patient group.

3. Jaimie Meyer:

   The current CDC guidance says the general public does not need to be wearing surgical masks, the best protection is to focus on social distancing, hand-washing, not touching their faces and bleaching high touch surfaces.

4. Joe Rice:

   OxyContin is going to be available in this country, this is not a case that people are going to stop the sale of OxyContin. What we want to do is stop the inappropriate use and the abuse. But people in end of life pain, people with immediate surgical needs, are going to be able to get the medicine they need.

5. Alcon Global Head Jeff George:

   We've seen a significant slowdown in emerging markets, particularly in Asia, which has led to a corresponding drop in our surgical equipment sales, we've also seen increasing competitive pricing pressure in our IOL business. The third factor ... is the increasing generic pressure that we've had in our U.S. pharma business.