Definitions
a physician who specializes in surgery
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Operating doctor”7 letters
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