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surgeon

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/ (UK)
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/ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/ (UK) · /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/

Definition of surgeon

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
    “The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.”
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noun

  1. One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
    “The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.”
  2. A surgeonfish.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English surgien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surgien, sirogen (Old French surgien et al.), from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus, from Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from chīrurgus (“surgeon”), borrowed from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of chirurgeon.

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