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Word entry · 7 letters

surgeon

Best crossword clue

"Operating doctor"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/Part of speech nounSorted egnorsuStarts with SEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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