surgeon
Meaning
- One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
- A surgeonfish.
Synonyms
operating surgeon
surgical expert
medical science
Translations
chirurgien
chirurgo
cirujano
Chirurg
cirurgião
chirurg
cirurgià
cerrah
χειρουργός
birînsazFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/
Etymology
In summary
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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