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noun
a physician who specializes in surgery.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English surgien < Anglo-French, alteration of Old French cirurgien chirurgeon
1250–1300; Middle English surgien < Anglo-French, alteration of Old French cirurgien chirurgeon
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Surgeon
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDfrom serurgerie, from L.L. chirurgia.
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surgeon sur·geon (sûr'jən)
n.
A physician who specializes in surgery.
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