The word superficial is an adjective. Here are two sentence examples: A man suffered superficial burns in a house fire on Magnolia Street. I honestly think Jack would have more friends if he wasn't so superficial.
She was only interested in superficial traits like looks and wealth, and never took the time to get to know someone's true character.
The skin is superficial to the muscles.
anatomically it mean above or opposite of deep.
The medicine only treated the superficial symptoms; they had yet to find the cause of her sickness.
The model's hair color is superficial.
She only cared about superficial things like appearances and brand names.
he gave the statement of the child only superficial notice
We tried to gauge the superficial damage. The pressure guage displayed the PSI in the tire.
This fairly superficial survey was a great advance on previous knowledge.
The burns on his hand were superficial and soon healed.
Homeopathic medicine has only a superficial resemblance to real scientifically based medical practices.
This fairly superficial survey was a great advance on previous knowledge.
Superficial means only on the surface. You can mean this literally or figuratively. Here are some sentences for both meanings.The mark is only superficial, and will wash off easily.The building had superficial damage from the hail storm, but the car was totally ruined.She is a superficial person.You cannot trust superficial people, because you never know what they are really like inside.
The comments above allude to these complexities in only the most superficial terms.
Use CPT 38505 for superficial needle biopsy of lymph nodes.