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surgeon

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate Oxford US //ˈsɝdʒən// UK //sˈɜːdʒən// sur·geon General-service

n. a doctor who is specially trained to perform medical operations. You see this person when you need someone to cut into your body to fix or remove a part.

n. a medical practitioner qualified to perform physical operations on patients. The term implies advanced surgical training beyond general medical school.


SIMPLE

The surgeon successfully removed the patient's appendix.

CONTEXTUAL

After years of intense training, she finally became a lead surgeon at the city hospital.

COMPLEX

The orthopedic surgeon explained that while the procedure was minimally invasive, the recovery period would require several months of dedicated physical therapy.

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Origin

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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