surgeon

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English

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”). Doublet of chirurgeon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən

Noun

surgeon (plural surgeons)

1. One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

2. 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

Translations

Further reading

• surgeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Inherited 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/

Noun

surgeon m (plural surgeons)

1. (botany) shoot (new growth from the trunk of a tree)
2. (figurative) offshoot, rebirth (something that is reborn or grows out of something else again)
3. (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