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dʒən 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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| —n | |
| 1. | a medical practioner who specializes in surgery |
| 2. | a medical officer in the Royal Navy |
| [C14: from Anglo-Norman surgien, from Old French cirurgien; see | |
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Etymonline
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
from serurgerie, from L.L. chirurgia.
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Medical Dictionary
surgeon sur·geon (sûr'jən)
n.
A physician who specializes in surgery.
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Example sentences
Gottschalk went on to become a renowned general surgeon dedicated to human health.
Inaccessible is maybe accessible depending upon the experience of the surgeon.
At some point, a surgeon has to make that complicated operation the first time.
If not, the surgeon must go back in, and the time-consuming process starts again.
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