Chĭ-rūr'gĭc or Chĭ-rūr'gĭc-al, a.

a. [Fr. chirurgique, chirurgical, Lat. chirurgicus, Gr. χειρουργικός. See supra.] Pertaining to surgery, or to the art of healing diseases and wounds by manual operations, instruments, or external applications. [Now written surgical.]