What is the meaning of topical?

Pertaining to the surface of a body part.
- usage: "a drug for topical (or local) application"; "a topical anesthesia"
Of or relating to or arranged by topics.
- usage: "a detailed record on both a chronological and a topical basis"
Of interest at the present time.
- usage: "a topical reference"; "a topical and timely study of civil liberty"

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