cirúrgico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin chīrūrgicus (“surgical”), from chīrūrgus (“surgeon”) + -icus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

cirúrgico (feminine cirúrgica, masculine plural cirúrgicos, feminine plural cirúrgicas, not comparable)

  1. surgical (of or relating to surgery)
  2. (Brazil, humorous) accurate, certain

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