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.

Source : WordNet®

surgical
     adj 1: of or relating to or involving or used in surgery; "surgical
            instruments"; "surgical intervention" [ant: {nonsurgical}]
     2: relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery
        especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix";
        "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" [syn: {operative}]
        [ant: {medical}]
     3: performed with great precision; "a surgical air strike"