chirurgicznej

Chirurgicznej is a form of the Polish adjective chirurgiczny, meaning related to surgery or the field of surgery. It is used to describe feminine nouns and appears in several grammatical cases, most commonly in genitive, dative, and locative singular. For example: technice chirurgicznej (of surgical technique), opiece chirurgicznej (surgical care), and o chirurgicznej pacjentce (about the surgical patient).

Etymology and form. The base adjective chirurgiczny derives from the noun chirurgia (surgery) and from Latin chirurgicus, with roots in Greek cheir ("hand") and ergon ("work"). The feminine form chirurgiczna aligns with Polish gender agreement, while the ending -nej in chirurgicznej marks the feminine singular forms in certain cases. This inflected form is typical when the adjective modifies a feminine noun in non-nominative positions.

Usage. In medical and technical language, chirurgical terms often appear in phrases such as techniki chirurgicznej, sprzęt chirurgiczny (masculine noun; adjective remains masculine in agreement), and opieka chirurgicznej. The form chirurgicznej specifically signals agreement with a feminine noun in cases like genitive (techniki chirurgicznej), dative (opiecie chirurgicznej), and locative (o chirurgicznej pacjentce). Its neutral, descriptive meaning makes it common in clinical reports, educational texts, and policy discussions related to surgical practice.

See also. chirurgia, chirurgiczny. In English, the corresponding adjective is surgical, and the noun related to the field is surgery (chirurgia, chirurgia).