chirurgicaux

Chirurgicaux is the masculine plural form of the French adjective chirurgical, meaning relating to surgery. It is used to describe nouns associated with surgical practice, for example actes chirurgicaux (surgical procedures), instruments chirurgicaux (surgical instruments), and techniques chirurgicales (surgical techniques). The feminine plural form is chirurgicales, and the singular forms are chirurgical (masculine) and chirurgicale (feminine).

Origin and scope: The term derives from Greek cheirourgia, through Latin chirurgia, and into French. In modern medical French, chirurgical and chirurgicale are common, while chirurgicaux and chirurgicales appear mainly in compound phrases naming items or acts tied to surgery.

Usage: In medical literature and clinical documentation, chirurgicaux appears in contexts that distinguish surgical from non-surgical approaches. The word covers a range of areas, including open surgery, minimally invasive methods such as laparoscopy and robotic surgery, and perioperative care when described in surgical terms. It can describe instruments (outils chirurgicaux), procedures (procédures chirurgicales), and outcomes (résultats chirurgicaux), as well as techniques (techniques chirurgicales) and anatomical considerations pertaining to surgical intervention.

See also: chirurgie; technique chirurgicale; instrument chirurgical; chirurgie robotique.