surgical
/ˈsɝd͡ʒɪkəl/ adjective C1- Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
- Precise or very accurate. · The building was destroyed with a surgical air-strike.
- Excruciatingly or wearyingly drawn-out.
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The boy went off with a curious, shambling gait which told my surgical eyes that he was suffering from a weak spine.
“And then again, there is the ‘friends of the C.C.H.’ I should guess that to be the Something Hunt, the local hunt to whose members he has possibly given some surgical assistance, and which has made him a small presentation in return.”
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