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top·i·cal
(tŏp′ĭ-kəl)adj.
1. Being of current interest or relevance: topical issues.
2. Medicine Relating to, applied to, or affecting a localized area of the body, especially of the skin: a topical anesthetic.
3. Of, arranged by, or relating to a particular topic or topics: a topical concordance to the Bible.
n.
A topical anesthetic.
[From Greek topikos, from topos, place.]
top′i·cal′i·ty (-kăl′ĭ-tē) n.
top′i·cal·ly adv.
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topical
(ˈtɒpɪkəl)adj
1. of, relating to, or constituting current affairs
2. relating to a particular place; local
3. of or relating to a topic or topics
4. (Medicine) (of a drug, ointment, etc) for application to the body surface; local
topicality n
ˈtopically adv
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top•i•cal
(ˈtɒp ɪ kəl)adj.
1. pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest.
2. pertaining to the subject of a discourse, composition, etc.
3. of a place; local.
4. Med. on the skin or external surface: a topical ointment.
top′i•cal•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. |  topical - pertaining to the surface of a body part; "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques local - affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia" |
| 2. |  topical - of or relating to or arranged by topics; "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis" | |
| 3. |  topical - of interest at the present time; "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" |
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topical
adjective current, popular, contemporary, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, newsworthy They discuss topical issues within a Christian framework.
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topical
adjectiveOf, constituting, or relating to a theme or themes:
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Translations
آني الأهَمِيَّهمَوْضِعِيّ
aktuální
aktuel
ajankohtainen
aktualan
aktuális
mál dagsins, òaî sem er efst á baugi
時事的な
시사문제를 다룬
aktualen
aktuell
güncelgüncel aktüel
có tính thời sự
topical
[ˈtɒpɪkəl] ADJ1. (= of current interest) → de interés actual, de actualidad
a highly topical question → un tema de gran actualidad
topical talk → charla f sobre cuestiones del día
a highly topical question → un tema de gran actualidad
topical talk → charla f sobre cuestiones del día
2. (US) → local
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topical
adj
problem, speech, event → aktuell; he made a few topical remarks/allusions → er ging kurz auf aktuelle Geschehnisse ein/spielte kurz auf aktuelle Geschehnisse an
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topic
(ˈtopik) noun something spoken or written about; a subject. They discussed the weather and other topics.
ˈtopical adjective of interest at the present time.
ˈtopically adverbKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
topical
→ مَوْضِعِيّ aktuální aktuel aktuell επίκαιρος de actualidad ajankohtainen actuel aktualan attuale 時事的な 시사문제를 다룬 actueel dagsaktuell aktualny atual актуальный aktuell เกี่ยวกับเรื่องที่ได้รับความสนใจในขณะนั้น güncel có tính thời sự 热门的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
top·i·cal
a. tópico-a, rel. a un área localizada.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
topical
adj tópicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.