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surgeon

[ sur-juhn ]

noun

  1. a physician who specializes in surgery.


surgeon

/ ˈɜːə /

noun

  1. a medical practioner who specializes in surgery
  2. a medical officer in the Royal Navy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of surgeon1

1250–1300; Middle English surgien < Anglo-French, alteration of Old French cirurgien chirurgeon
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Word History and Origins

Origin of surgeon1

C14: from Anglo-Norman surgien, from Old French cirurgien; see surgery
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Mr Modry, a retired heart surgeon, is a co-leader of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a grassroots organisation pushing for an independence referendum.

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A baby boy has been "born twice" after surgeons lifted his mother's womb out of her abdomen during a life-saving operation.

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Dr Yang Lu, a plastic surgeon and owner of a licensed cosmetic surgery clinic in Shanghai, says in recent years the number of people coming for surgeries to repair botched operations has been growing.

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The team waiting in theatre include specialists from the Congenital Heart Centre, Leicester Children's Hospital and a visiting cardiothoracic surgeon from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

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A small amount of cancer on her bowels was left by surgeons as it could not be reached.

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