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单词 topical
释义

topical

[ top-i-kuhl ]
/ ˈtɒp ɪ kəl /
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adjective

pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest: a topical reference.
pertaining to the subject of a discourse, composition, or the like.
of a place; local.
Medicine/Medical. of, relating to, or applied externally to a particular part of the body; local: a topical anesthetic.

noun

Philately. any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.

Origin of topical

1580–90; <Greek topik(ós) local, pertaining to commonplaces (see topo-, -ic) + -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM topical

top·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby topical

top-hole, tophus, topi, topiary, topic, topical, topical anesthesia, topicality, topicalize, Topicort, topic sentence
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British Dictionary definitions for topical

topical
/ (ˈtɒpɪkəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or constituting current affairs
relating to a particular place; local
of or relating to a topic or topics
(of a drug, ointment, etc) for application to the body surface; local

Derived forms of topical

topicality (ˌtɒpɪˈkælɪtɪ), nountopically, adverb
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Medical definitions for topical

topical
[ tŏpĭ-kəl ]

adj.

Of or applied to a definite or localized area of the body.

Other words from topical

topi•cal•ly adv.
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