Meaning

4 senses
  1. A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).

  2. A substance, especially a medication, applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).

    A topical anaesthetic.

  3. A joke dealing with current events or topical subjects.

  4. A postage stamp depicting a particular theme or subject (such as birds or trains), potentially sought out by topical stamp collectors.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. She touched on all the topical subjects.

    deSie berührte alle aktuellen Themen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. The 5% topical solution was ineffective at reducing eczema outbreaks.

  3. Let's stop talking about it, the issue isn't topical anymore.

  4. This is a topical cream, not a toothpaste, so I hope your gums are free of hemorrhoids.

    ruЭто крем для местного применения, а не зубная паста. Так что я надеюсь, что твои дёсны не страдают от геморроя. — paul_lingvo

Origin

From topic + -al.

From topic + -al.

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Forms

plural: topicals
Singulartopical
Pluraltopicals

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
topical — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto