| topica | ยาใช้เฉพาะที่ (ทา, แปะ, พ่น, พอก, หยอด) [แพทยศาสตร์ ๖ ส.ค. ๒๕๔๔] |
| topical | (adj) pertaining to the surface of a body part, Example: a drug for topical (or local) application; a topical anesthesia |
| topical | (adj) of or relating to or arranged by topics, Example: a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis |
| topical | (adj) of interest at the present time, Example: a topical reference; a topical and timely study of civil liberty |
| topical anesthesia | (n) loss of sensation confined to the skin or mucous surfaces (as when benzocaine or Lidocaine is applied to the surface), Syn. topical anaesthesia |
| topicality | (n) the attribute of being of interest at the present time, Example: the library had to discard books that had lost their topicality |
| topicalization | (n) (linguistics) emphasis placed on the topic or focus of a sentence by preposing it to the beginning of the sentence; placing the topic at the beginning of the sentence is typical for English, Example: `Those girls, they giggle when they see me' and `Cigarettes, you couldn't pay me to smoke them' are examples of topicalization |
| topicalize | (v) emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence, Example: Speakers topicalize more often than they realize; The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement' |
| topical prostaglandin eyedrop | (n) a treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops increase the outflow of aqueous humor through the uveoscleral pathway |
| Topical | a. [ Cf. F. topique, LL. topicus, Gr. &unr_;. See Topic, n. ] Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Topically | adv. In a topical manner; with application to, or limitation of, a particular place or topic. [ 1913 Webster ] |