surgeon
//ˈsɜːd͡ʒən//
Forms
- Plural
- surgeons
Definitions
1.One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
- The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.
2.A surgeonfish.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4016
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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”).