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")

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