In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SURGICAL
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
Etymology
Adjective
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
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(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
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