house surgeon

noun

a surgeon who lives in a hospital in which he or she is on call.

Words nearby house surgeon

house snake, house sparrow, house spider, house staff, house style, house surgeon, house trailer, house un-american activities committee, house wren, house-broken, house-craft

Origin of house surgeon

First recorded in 1815–25

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for house surgeon

The House-Surgeon, speaking professionally, spoke also hopefully of undetected complications in the background.
When Ghost Meets Ghost|William Frend De Morgan
For nearly a twelvemonth he had been a house-surgeon at the Hospital of La Pitie.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete|Emile Zola
Juste at once called in the chief physician of the hospital where he was working as house-surgeon.
Z. Marcas|Honore de Balzac
"Found unconscious in the Liverpool train," said the house-surgeon.
The Following of the Star|Florence L. Barclay

The walkers, house-surgeon, and one or two professional men, were arranged in convenient situations to afford aid.
The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 2, August 1837|Various

British Dictionary definitions for house surgeon

house surgeon

noun

a house officer working in a surgical as opposed to a medical disciplineCompare house physician

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

house surgeon

noun

Content related to house surgeon

Words nearby house surgeon

Origin of house surgeon

Examples from the Web for house surgeon

British Dictionary definitions for house surgeon

noun