surgeon
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from χειρουργός
- derived from chīrūrgia
- derived from *chīrurgiānus✻
- derived from surgien
- inherited from surgien
Definitions
One who performs surgery
One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
- The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.
A surgeonfish.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- synonymsawbones
- synonymcutter
- synonymchirurgeon
Derived
aesthetic surgeon, barber surgeon, bottom surgeon, brain surgeon, cardiosurgeon, cosmetic surgeon, cryosurgeon, cybersurgeon, dental surgeon, dermasurgeon, electrosurgeon, heart surgeon, microsurgeon, nanosurgeon, neurosurgeon, nonsurgeon, oral surgeon, orthopedic surgeon, orthosurgeon, otosurgeon, plastic surgeon, psychic surgeon, psychosurgeon, rocket surgeon, sea-surgeon, staff surgeon, supersurgeon, surgeoncy, surgeon-dentist, surgeoness, surgeonfish, surgeon general, surgeon-general, surgeonless, surgeonlike, surgeonly, surgeon major, surgeonry, surgeonship, surgeon's knot · +4 more
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA