# surgical

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsɜːd͡ʒɪkəl/ · frequency rank #6,632

## Definitions
1. Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
2. Precise or very accurate.
3. Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out.

## Etymology
From Middle English cirurgical, borrowed from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin cirurgicālis, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Replaced Old English Old English læċe (“doctor, physician”). By surface analysis, surgery + -ical.

## Easily confused with
- **survival** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surgical-vs-survival)
- **surgically** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surgical-vs-surgically)

## Common misspellings (12)
`srugical`, `ssurgical`, `sugrical`, `surgcial`, `surggical`, `surgiacl`, `surgicall`, `surgiccal`, `surgicla`, `surigcal`, `surrgical`, `usrgical`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/surgical