surgical
(adjective) performed with great precision; “a surgical air strike”
surgical, operative
(adjective) relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; “a surgical appendix”; “a surgical procedure”; “operative dentistry”
surgical
(adjective) of or relating to or involving or used in surgery; “surgical instruments”; “surgical intervention”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
surgical (comparative more surgical, superlative most surgical)
Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
(figuratively) Precise or very accurate.
Source: Wiktionary
Sur"gi*cal, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments. Surgical fever. (Med.) (a) Pyæmia. (b) Traumatic fever, or the fever accompanying inflammation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 February 2025
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
