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chirurgical, a. arch.|kaɪˈrɜːdʒɪkəl|
Forms: α. 6 cyrurgycall. β. 7 chyrurgical(l, cheir-, 7–9 chirurgical.
[In earliest form, a. F. cirurgical, or med.L. cirurgicāl-is (f. c(h)irurgic-us see prec., and -al1: cf. also 16th c. It. cirurgico surgeon); but in 16th c. altered with the other words of the group to chir-.]
Of or pertaining to surgery; skilled in, practising, or treating of, surgery; surgical.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., Operacyons Cyrurgycalles. 1605Timme Quersit. Ded. 2 A chyrurgical hand. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) Pref. 8 By way of Apologie, to the Chirurgicall Reader. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. (1812) I. 461 A set of chirurgical instruments. Ibid. xvii. The best chirurgical writers. 1806A. Duncan Nelson 111 The surgeon..was performing the chirurgical operations. 1822K. Digby Broadst. Hon. (1846) 286 Chirurgical and medical knowledge.
¶ nonce-use. [with etymological reference.] Pertaining to manual operation or handicraft.
1641Wilkins Math. Magick i. ii. (1648) 9 The Cheirurgicall or Manuall [Mechanick] doth refer to the making of these instruments, and the exercising of such particular experiments. |