Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Surgical \Sur"gi*cal\, a.
   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) Py[ae]mia.
   (b) Traumatic fever, or the fever accompanying inflammation.