Chirurgico

Chirurgico is an Italian adjective meaning related to surgery or performed by a surgeon. It is used to describe procedures, instruments, or conditions connected with operative medicine. The standard forms are: masculine singular chirurgico, feminine singular chirurgica; masculine plural chirurgici, feminine plural chirurgiche.

The term derives from Latin chirurgia, via Medieval Latin, from Greek cheirourgía meaning hand-work (cheir, hand + ergon, work). In Italian it belongs to a family of cognate terms in Romance languages, including Spanish quirúrgico, Portuguese cirúrgico, and French chirurgical, all sharing the same root and meaning.

In modern Italian, chirurgico appears in phrases such as intervento chirurgico (surgical operation), strumenti chirurgici (surgical instruments), or unità chirurgica (surgical ward). The adjective agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number: chirurgico/chirurgica, chirurgici/chirurgiche.

Notes: The English equivalent is surgical. Italian also uses operatorio to denote related to the operating room or the procedure itself in some contexts, and occasional post-chirurgico for postoperative matters. The term is common in medical and clinical writing, labeling equipment, techniques, and conditions associated with surgery.