See Also: Topical(medicine)
topical(dictionary)
topical(dictionary)
glucocorticoids, topical(medicine)
Topical anesthetic(health)
Chemotherapy, topical(health)
topical chemotherapy(medicine)
topical antibiotics(medicine)
fluorides, topical(medicine)
topical anaesthesia(medicine)

topical (iou)



topical adjective & noun. L16.
[from Greek topikos + -AL1: see TOPIC.]
A. adjective.
I.
Of or pertaining to a place; local. L16.
Medicine. Affecting or applied externally to a particular part of the body. E17.
Chicago Sun-Times Topical anesthetics containing benzocaine..take the sting out of sunburns.
II. = TOPIC adjective 1. L16-E18.
Of or pertaining to a topic or subject of an essay, conversation, etc. M19.
Of or pertaining to current affairs or a subject in the news etc. L19.
M. Moorcock Topical songs about our defeats and victories in the War. I. Murdoch Nor was he interested in politics, or topical matters generally.
b. noun.
Medicine. = TOPIC noun 4. rare. Only in M17.
Hist. A film dealing with topical events. E20.
topi'cality noun the quality of being topical or current E20.
topicali'zation noun (Linguistics) the action of topicalizing a part of a sentence M20.
topicalize verb trans. (Linguistics) make (a part of a sentence) into a topic L20.
topically adverb M17.