house surgeon

[ hous-sur-juhn ]

noun

a surgeon who lives in a hospital where they are on call.

Origin of house surgeon

First recorded in 1815–25

Words Nearby house surgeon

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How to use house surgeon in a sentence

Once the resolution was made to pursue his studies in a more practical manner, he becomes the house-surgeon of a hospital.
Contemporary Russian Novelists | Serge Persky
I know an intelligent humane house surgeon who makes a practice of keeping the ward windows open.
Notes on Nursing | Florence Nightingale
Dr. Gordon was absent, but the house surgeon sent for Mr. Halford to his private room.
Englefield Grange | H. B. Paull
A surgeon, a pupil of Gall's came, and our house surgeon, and the head physician from the Hotel-Dieu.
Father Goriot | Honore de Balzac
Bianchon and the house surgeon stretched the dying man out again on his loathsome bed.
Father Goriot | Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for house surgeon

house surgeon

noun

a house officer working in a surgical as opposed to a medical discipline: Compare house physician

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