seam vs surgical seam

seam and surgical seam both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
seam	Yes	No	Yes	No
surgical seam	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, surgical seam is a hyponym of seam; that is, surgical seam is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than seam:

Other hyponyms of seam include fell, felled seam, suture, welt.

seam (noun)	surgical seam (noun)
joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces	a seam used in surgery
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

seam (verb)	surgical seam (verb)
put together with a seam