Chirurgic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to chirurgery; surgical. not-comparable, obsolete

    "[…] That all Ulcers which are ſtubborn or, as they are termed, rebellious, come under the Name of Cacoethic, a Word frequently met with in chyrurgic Treatiſes […]"

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"[…] That all Ulcers which are ſtubborn or, as they are termed, rebellious, come under the Name of Cacoethic, a Word frequently met with in chyrurgic Treatiſes […]"

Etymology

Compare French chirurgique surgical, Latin chirurgicus, Ancient Greek χειρουργικός (kheirourgikós, “surgical”), from χειρουργός (kheirourgós, “surgeon”), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). See chirurgeon, and compare surgical.

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