surgeon

English

Surgeons at work.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman surgien, sirogen (Old French serurgien et al.), from a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɜːdʒən/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈsɝdʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒən

Noun

surgeon (plural surgeons)

1. One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

   The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.

Usage notes

• In the UK, a surgeon holds a fellowship or a postgraduate degree in order to be known as a surgeon. For instance: FRCS or Master of Surgery

Synonyms

• sawbones (slang)

Derived terms

• neurosurgeon
• psychosurgeon
• surgeonfish

Translations

doctor who performs surgery

Arabic: جراح (ar) (jarrāH) m. Azeri: cərrah (az) Bosnian: hirurg (bs) Catalan: cirurgià (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 外科醫生 (cmn), 外科医生 (cmn) (wàikē yīshēng) Croatian: kirurg (hr) Czech: chirurg (cs) m. Dutch: chirurg (nl) Esperanto: kirurgo (eo) Estonian: kirurg (et) Finnish: kirurgi (fi) French: chirurgien (fr) German: Chirurg (de) m. Greek: χειρουργός (el) (cheirourgós) c. Ancient: χειρουργός (grc) (khirurgos) m.

Hungarian: sebész (hu) Icelandic: skurðlæknir (is) m. Italian: chirurgo (it) m. Japanese: (a surgery doctor) 外科医 (ja) (gekai); (a doctor who performs on the surgery) 執刀医 (ja) (shittō-i) Kurdish: emeliyatker, kîrûrg, operator, cerah, birînsaz Norwegian: kirurg (no) m. Polish: chirurg (pl) m. Portuguese: cirurgião (pt) m. Russian: хирург (ru) (xirúrg) m. Scottish Gaelic: lighiche (gd) m. Spanish: cirujano (es) m. Swedish: kirurg (sv) c. Turkish: cerrah (tr)

External links

• Surgeon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

---

French

Noun

surgeon m. (plural surgeons)

1. (botany) sprout
2. offspring

Anagrams

• songeur