top·i·cal 
(tŏpĭ-kəl)
(tŏpĭ-kəl)adj.
1. Being of current interest or relevance: topical issues.
2. Medicine Relating to, applied to, or affecting a localized area of the body, especially of the skin: a topical anesthetic.
3. Of, arranged by, or relating to a particular topic or topics: a topical concordance to the Bible.
n.
A topical anesthetic.
[From Greek topikos, from topos, place.]
top′i·cali·ty (-kălĭ-tē) n.
topi·cal·ly adv.