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sur⋅geon

[sur-juhn]
–noun
a physician who specializes in surgery.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME surgien < AF, alter. of OF cirurgien chirurgeon
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sur·geon   (sûr'jən)   
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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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

Main Entry: sur·geon
Pronunciation: 's&r-j&n
Function: noun
1 : a medical specialist who performs surgery : a physicianqualified to treat those diseases that are amenable to or require surgery —compare INTERNIST
2 : the senior medical officer of a military unit
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Medical Dictionary

surgeon sur·geon (sûr'jən)
n.
A physician who specializes in surgery.

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