chirurgiche

Chirurgiche is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective chirurgico, meaning surgical or relating to surgery. It agrees with feminine plural nouns, as in procedure chirurgiche (surgical procedures), tecniche chirurgiche (surgical techniques), or attrezzature chirurgiche (surgical equipment). In Italian, adjectives typically follow the noun, so these phrases commonly appear with the noun first and the adjective after.

Etymology and cognates: The term derives from Latin chirurgicus, itself from Greek kheirourgos, literally “hand-worker,” reflecting the historical emphasis on manual skill in surgery. The masculine form is chirurgico and the masculine plural is chirurgici, used with masculine nouns such as strumenti chirurgici (surgical instruments).

Usage and scope: Chirurgiche is widely used in medical, clinical, and academic contexts to describe items, procedures, or fields related to surgery. It can modify nouns for both concrete objects (attrezzature chirurgiche) and abstract concepts (opere chirurgiche, tecniche chirurgiche). The word helps distinguish surgical aspects from non-surgical ones, such as medicina interna (internal medicine) or radiologia (radiology).

See also: The related Italian terms chirurgico, chirurgici, and the nouns chirurgia (surgery) and chirurgo (surgeon). In English translations, chirurgiche is rendered as “surgical,” with gender and number reflected in Italian grammar rather than English usage.