Chirurgic Definition
adjective
1863, George Eliot, Romola.
"It is but fitting that a great medicus like you," said Nello, adjusting the cloth, "should be shaved by the same razor that has shaved the illustrious Antonio Benevieni, the greatest master of the chirurgic art."
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Origin of Chirurgic
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Compare French chirurgique surgical, Latin chirurgicus, Ancient Greek χειρουργικός (kheirourgikos, “surgical”), from χειρουργός (kheirourgos, “surgeon”), from χείρ (kheir, “hand”) + ἔργον (ergon, “work”). See chirurgeon, and compare surgical.
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