surgeon

Definitions


[ˈsəːdʒ(ə)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a medical practitioner qualified to practise surgery


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Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French surgien, contraction of Old French serurgien, based on Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirourgia ‘handiwork, surgery’, from kheir ‘hand’ + ergon ‘work’




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