Dictionary
top•i•cal
Pronunciation: (top'i-kul), [key]—
adj.
1. pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest:
a topical reference.
2. pertaining to the subject of a discourse, composition, or the like.
3. of a place; local.
4. Med.of, pertaining to, or applied externally to a particular part of the body; local:
a topical anesthetic.
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n.
Philately.any of a collection of different stamps treating the same subject.
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