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–noun

a physician who specializes in surgery.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME surgien < AF, alter. of OF cirurgien chirurgeon

]

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sur·geon Audio Help (sûr'jən) Pronunciation Key
n. A physician specializing in surgery.

[Middle English surgien, from Anglo-Norman, short for Old French cirurgien, from cirurgie, surgery; see surgery.]

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surgeon

c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. surgien (13c.), from O.Fr. serurgien, cirurgien, from cirurgie "surgery," from L. chirurgia, from Gk. kheirourgia, from kheirourgos "working or done by hand," from kheir "hand" + ergon "work" (see urge (v.)). Surgery (c.1300) is from O.Fr. surgerie, contracted from serurgerie, from L.L. chirurgia.

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surgeon
noun
a physician who specializes in surgery

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surgeon1 [ˈsəːdʒən] noun

a doctor who treats injuries or diseases by operations in which the body sometimes has to be cut open, eg to remove a diseased part

Arabic:	جَرّاح
Chinese (Simplified):	外科医生
Chinese (Traditional):	外科醫生
Czech:	chirurg
Danish:	kirurg
Dutch:	chirurg
Estonian:	kirurg
Finnish:	kirurgi
French:	chirurgien, *-ienne
German:	der Chirurg
Greek:	χειρουργός
Hungarian:	sebész
Icelandic:	skurðlæknir
Indonesian:	dokter bedah
Italian:	chirurgo

Japanese:	外科医
Korean:	외과 의사
Latvian:	ķirurgs
Lithuanian:	chirurgas
Norwegian:	kirurg
Polish:	chirurg
Portuguese (Brazil):	cirurgião
Portuguese (Portugal):	cirurgião
Romanian:	chirurg
Russian:	хирург
Slovak:	chirurg
Slovenian:	kirurg
Spanish:	cirujano
Swedish:	kirurg
Turkish:	cerrah, operatör

surgeon2 [ˈsəːdʒən] noun

a doctor in the army or navy

Arabic:	كَبير الأطِبّاء في الجَيْش
Chinese (Simplified):	军医
Chinese (Traditional):	軍醫
Czech:	vojenský lékař
Danish:	militærlæge
Dutch:	dokter
Estonian:	sõjaväearst
Finnish:	sotilaslääkäri
French:	médecin militaire
German:	leitender Sanitätsoffizier
Greek:	στρατιωτικός γιατρός
Hungarian:	katonaorvos, hajóorvos
Icelandic:	herlæknir
Indonesian:	dokter militer
Italian:	ufficiale medico*

Japanese:	軍医
Korean:	군의관
Latvian:	kara ārsts
Lithuanian:	karo gydytojas
Norwegian:	militærlege
Polish:	lekarz wojskowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	médico
Portuguese (Portugal):	médico
Romanian:	medic militar
Russian:	офицер медицинской службы
Slovak:	vojenský lekár
Slovenian:	vojaški zdravnik
Spanish:	oficial médico
Swedish:	regements-, fält-, marinläkare
Turkish:	askerî doktor

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Surgeon

Chi*rur"geon\, n. [F. chirurgien, from chirurgie surgery, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? working or operating with the hand; chei`r hand + ? work. Cf. Surgeon, Work.] A surgeon. [Obs.]

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