surgeon
See also: Surgeon
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Surgeons_at_Work.jpg.webp)
Surgeons at work.
Alternative forms
- chirurgeon (archaic)
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”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒən
Noun
surgeon (plural surgeons, feminine surgeoness)
- 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.
Usage notes
- In the UK, a surgeon holds a fellowship or a postgraduate degree in order to be known as a surgeon. For instance: FRCS or Master of Surgery
- In the United States, a surgeon belongs to a subcategory of doctors (physicians) whose practice is largely or exclusively focused on surgery. They generally hold a credential from a medical body regulating the specialty in which they practice.
Synonyms
- sawbones (slang)
- chirurgeon (archaic)
Derived terms
- aesthetic surgeon
- barber surgeon
- brain surgeon
- cardiosurgeon
- cosmetic surgeon
- cryosurgeon
- cybersurgeon
- dental surgeon
- dermasurgeon
- electrosurgeon
- heart surgeon
- microsurgeon
- nanosurgeon
- neurosurgeon
- orthopedic surgeon
- otosurgeon
- plastic surgeon
- psychic surgeon
- psychosurgeon
- staff surgeon
- supersurgeon
- surgeoncy
- surgeoness
- surgeonfish
- surgeon general
- surgeonlike
- surgeonly
- surgeon major
- surgeonry
- surgeonship
- surgeon's knot
- telesurgeon
- tree surgeon
- veterinary surgeon
Translations
doctor who performs surgery
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Further reading
surgeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From Middle French sourgon, sourjon, from Old French sorjon, sourjon (“source”) (1200s), from a conjugated form of sourdre (see sourjant) + -on, from Latin surgere. The modern spelling dates from 1541.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ.ʒɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
surgeon m (plural surgeons)
- (botany) shoot (new growth from the trunk of a tree)
- (figurative) offshoot, rebirth (something that is reborn or grows out of something else again)
- (archaic) offspring, progeny (descendant of someone)
Further reading
- “surgeon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- songeur