surgeon

B1 Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/ UK /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/ See IPA manual

noun name Freq #3667

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A doctor who is trained to perform operations on patients.

The surgeon explained the risks before the operation.

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1 noun · a doctor who is trained to... operating surgeon

More chirurgeoncutter sawbones

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Forms surgeons

Derived forms cardiosurgeoncryosurgeoncybersurgeondermasurgeonelectrosurgeonmicrosurgeonnanosurgeonneurosurgeonotosurgeonpsychosurgeonsea-surgeonsupersurgeon

Etymology

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.

*ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European surgien Middle English *chīrurgiānus la-vul chīrūrgia Latin χειρουργός Ancient Greek

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# surgeon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, name
**IPA (US):** ˈsɝd͡ʒən
**IPA (UK):** ˈsɜːd͡ʒən
**Frequency rank:** 3667

## Meanings
1. A doctor who is trained to perform operations on patients.

## Examples
- The surgeon explained the risks before the operation.

## Synonyms
- chirurgeon
- cutter
- sawbones

## Derived Forms
- cardiosurgeon
- cryosurgeon
- cybersurgeon
- dermasurgeon
- electrosurgeon
- microsurgeon
- nanosurgeon
- neurosurgeon
- otosurgeon
- psychosurgeon
- sea-surgeon
- supersurgeon

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵʰes-
- Root: surgien
- Root: *chīrurgiānus
- Root: chīrūrgia
- Root: χειρουργός

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Surgeon is 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. In present-day use, it means a doctor who is trained to perform operations on patients.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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