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sur·geon

(sûr′jən)

A physician specializing in surgery.

[Middle English surgien, from Anglo-Norman, short for Old French cirurgien, from cirurgie, surgery; see surgery.]

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surgeon

(ˈsɜːdʒən)

1. (Surgery) a medical practitioner who specializes in surgery

2. (Medicine) a medical officer in the Royal Navy

3. (Military) a medical officer in the Royal Navy

[C14: from Anglo-Norman surgien, from Old French cirurgien; see surgery]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sur•geon

(ˈsɜr dʒən)

n.

a physician who specializes in surgery.

[1250–1300; Middle English surgien < Anglo-French; Old French cirurgien= cirurgi(e) surgery + -en -an¹]

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Noun

surgeon - a physician who specializes in surgery

operating surgeon, sawbones

amputator - a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb

cosmetic surgeon, plastic surgeon - a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face)

doc, doctor, physician, Dr., MD, medico - a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor"

brain surgeon, neurosurgeon - someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)

Translations

جَرّاحجَرَّاحكَبير الأطِبّاء في الجَيْش

chirurgvojenský lékař

kirurgmilitærlæge

Chirurg

χειρουργός

cirujano oficial médico

kirurg

kirurgi

chirurgien

kirurg

sebészhajóorvoskatonaorvos

herlæknirskurðlæknirskurîlæknir

chirurgo colloquio con gli elettori cura dentale dentista operazione

外科医執刀医

외과의사

chirurgaschirurgijachirurginischirurgiškaigydytojo kabinetas

kara ārstsķirurgs

chirurgvojenský lekár

kirurg

แพทย์ผ่าตัด

cerrah operatöraskerî doktor

bác sĩ phẫu thuật

外科医生军医

surgeon

[ˈsɜːdʒən]

A. N → cirujano/a m/f (Mil, Naut) → médico m, oficial m médico
see also veterinary

B. CPD Surgeon General N (US) jefe del servicio federal de sanidad

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

surgeon

[ˈsɜː^rdʒ^ən] n → chirurgien(ne) m/f
She's a surgeon → Elle est chirurgienne.surgeon general n [surgeons general] (pl)

(in army) → médecin m général

(US) (ADMINISTRATION) → ministre mf de la Santé

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

surgeon

n → Chirurg(in) m(f); (Mil) → Stabsarzt m → /-ärztin f; (Naut) → Marinearzt m → /-ärztin f ? dental surgeon, veterinary surgeon

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

surgeon

[ˈsɜːdʒ/ən] n → chirurgo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

surgeon

(ˈsəːdʒən) noun

1. a doctor who treats injuries or diseases by operations in which the body sometimes has to be cut open, eg to remove a diseased part.

2. a doctor in the army or navy.

surgery (ˈsəːdʒəri) – plural ˈsurgeries

–

1. the practice or art of a surgeon. to specialize in surgery.

2. a doctor's or dentist's room in which he examines patients.

surgical (ˈsəːdʒikəl) adjective

of, or by means of, surgery. surgical instruments; He is in need of surgical treatment.

ˈsurgically adverb

surgeon

→ جَرَّاح chirurg kirurg Chirurg χειρουργός cirujano kirurgi chirurgien kirurg chirurgo 外科医 외과의사 chirurg kirurg chirurg cirurgião хирург kirurg แพทย์ผ่าตัด cerrah bác sĩ phẫu thuật 外科医生

sur·geon

n. cirujano-a.

surgeon

n cirujano -na mf; general — cirujano general; oral — cirujano oral or bucal; orthopedic— cirujano ortopédico, cirujano de los huesos (fam); thoracic — cirujano torácico; vascular — cirujano vascular

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Philip had often asked himself whether anything could be done, but his distaste for any reference to the subject had prevented him from consulting any of the surgeons at the hospital.

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In the midst of the silence a sixth guest appeared on the lawn, and stepped into the library--a silent, resolute, unassuming, elderly man who had arrived the day before on a visit to Windygates, and who was well known, in and out of London, as one of the first consulting surgeons of his time.

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The surgeon stopped it when he saw that one of the men had received such bad wounds that he could not fight longer without endangering his life.

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The persons are, Captain Arnault, of the French army; Surgeon Surville, of the French ambulance; Surgeon Wetzel, of the German army; Mercy Merrick, attached as nurse to the French ambulance; and Grace Roseberry, a traveling lady on her way to England.

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For a long time after it was ushered into this world of sorrow and trouble, by the parish surgeon, it remained a matter of considerable doubt whether the child would survive to bear any name at all; in which case it is somewhat more than probable that these memoirs would never have appeared; or, if they had, that being comprised within a couple of pages, they would have possessed the inestimable merit of being the most concise and faithful specimen of biography, extant in the literature of any age or country.

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The arrival of a surgeon.--His operations, and a long dialogue between Sophia and her maid.

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In the midst of this, Rachael returned; and with her party there was a surgeon, who brought some wine and medicines.

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The dark young surgeon passes the candle across and across the face and carefully examines the law-writer, who has established his pretensions to his name by becoming indeed No one.

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None of the crowd but the bearers and he being admitted, the disabled man was soon laid on a table in a cool, methodical way, and carefully examined by a surgeon who was as near at hand, and as ready to appear as Calamity herself.

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Before he entered upon his new duties he wished to take a holiday, and, having no private means, he went as surgeon on a tramp steamer to the Levant.

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As you pass the lodge, wake the porter, and send him for a surgeon." Ali obeyed, leaving the abbe alone with Caderousse, who had not yet revived.

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He and the Regimental Surgeon fought together with Death for the life of Bobby Wick.