surgically

English

Etymology

From surgical +‎ -ly.

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Adverb

surgically (not comparable)

  1. Relating to surgery; by means of surgery.
    His cancer was treated surgically instead of with drugs or radiation.
    • 2013 March 11, Adam Markovitz, “Matt Damon on (maybe) returning to ‘Bourne’ and playing Liberace’s lover”, in CNN‎[1]:
      When HBO airs “Behind the Candelabra” on May 26, the world will get to see Matt Damon play Liberace’s drug-addled, surgically enhanced lover – a role about as far from Jason Bourne as it gets.
    • 2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica‎[2], volume 57, →DOI:
      The cause of uroperitoneum often can be determined and the condition corrected surgically.

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