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Definition of Topical

1. Adjective. Pertaining to the surface of a body part. "A topical anesthesia"

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or arranged by topics. "A detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"

3. Adjective. Of interest at the present time. "A topical and timely study of civil liberty"

Definition of Topical

1. a. Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

Definition of Topical

1. Adjective. Of current interest; contemporary. ¹

2. Adjective. local to a particular place ¹

3. Adjective. (medicine not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body. ¹

4. Adjective. Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic. ¹

5. Noun. (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Topical

1. topic [adj] - See also: topic

Medical Definition of Topical

1. Pertaining to a particular surface area, as a topical anti-infective applied to a certain area of the skin and affecting only the area to which it is applied. Origin: Gr. Topikos This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Topical

tophi tophin tophs tophus topi topiarian topiaries topiarist topiarists topiary

topic topic map topic sentence topic sentences topica topical (current term) topical anaesthesia topical anaesthetic topical anesthesia topical anesthetic

topical antibiotics topical chemotherapy topicalisation topicalise topicalised topicalises topicalising topicalities topicality topicalization

Literary usage of Topical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the United States by Charles Austin Beard, Mary Ritter Beard (1921)
"A topical SYLLABUS As a result of a wholesome reaction against the purely chronological treatment of history, there is now a marked tendency in the ..."

2. The Teaching of History in Junior and Senior High Schools by Rolla Milton Tryon (1921)
"The first two are the topical and the problem methods, the last is the source method. Since the topical method is used so extensively attention will be ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The present section deals with the facts that help in locating the site of a lesion (topical Diagnosis); while the following section •will take up the ..."

4. The Teaching of Geography: Emphasizing the Project, Or Active, Method by Mendel Everett Branom, Frederick Kenneth Branom (1921)
"The topical outline insures the organization of this knowledge in detail and ... The systematic, topical organization of content presents a definite body of ..."

5. The Teaching of Geography: Emphasizing the Project, Or Active, Method by Mendel Everett Branom, Frederick Kenneth Branom (1921)
"The topical outline insures the organization of this knowledge in detail and ... The systematic, topical organization of content presents a definite body of ..."

6. Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin (1801)
"... but generally an irritative fever precedes this topical inflammation, which occurs during the hot fit of it; and then the irritative fever is changed ..."

7. Guide to the Study and Reading of American History by Edward Channing, Albert Bushnell Hart, Frederick Jackson Turner (1912)
"topical Reading l In Parts IV to VI of this work will be found a series of topics covering, in general, the whole field of American history. ..."

8. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D.: From the Earliest by Willis Mason West (1913)
"Such a topical study is given in the next chapter. ... In review, after studying the topical treatment, important names and dates in this chapter may be ..."

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