Antonyms of adj surgical
3 senses of surgical
Sense 1
surgical (vs. nonsurgical) -- (of or relating to or involving or used in surgery; "surgical instruments"; "surgical intervention")
nonsurgical (vs. surgical) -- (not surgical; "nonsurgical techniques")
Sense 2
surgical (vs. medical), operative -- (relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry")
medical (vs. surgical) -- (requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery; "medical treatment"; "pneumonia is a medical disease")
Sense 3
surgical -- (performed with great precision; "a surgical air strike")
INDIRECT (VIA accurate) -> inaccurate -- (not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate")
Similarity of adj surgical
3 senses of surgical
Sense 1
surgical (vs. nonsurgical) -- (of or relating to or involving or used in surgery; "surgical instruments"; "surgical intervention")
Sense 2
surgical (vs. medical), operative -- (relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry")
=> preoperative -- (happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation)
=> postoperative -- (happening or done after a surgical operation; "postoperative complications"; "postoperative care")
Sense 3
surgical -- (performed with great precision; "a surgical air strike")
=> accurate (vs. inaccurate) -- (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; "an accurate reproduction"; "the accounting was accurate"; "accurate measurements"; "an accurate scale")