surgeon
surgeon Lexical Profile
surgeon Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A medical practitioner qualified to practice surgery, treating injuries, diseases, and deformities through operative manual and instrumental procedures.
"The orthopedic surgeon successfully repaired the athlete's torn ligament during a three-hour operation."
A senior medical officer serving in the armed forces or aboard a naval or merchant vessel.
"The ship's surgeon treated the crew members who had fallen ill during the long Atlantic voyage."
Any of various tropical marine fishes of the family Acanthuridae (more fully called surgeonfish), characterized by sharp, scalpel-like erectile spines on either side of the tail base.
"A brightly colored surgeon darted among the coral heads, grazing on algae along the reef."
• Rhymes for surgeon
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman surgien and Old French cirurgien, from Latin chirurgus, ultimately from Ancient Greek cheirourgos ('working by hand'), combining cheir ('hand') and ergon ('work').