house surgeon

American  

[hous sur-juhn] / ˈhaʊs ˌsɜr dʒən /

noun

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

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house surgeon British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of house surgeon

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

And Adam James as a stoic cardiologist and Pip Carter as a surly house surgeon quietly impress.

From The Guardian • Jan. 20, 2011

He got his M.D. in 1943, was a house surgeon in Auckland, practiced psychiatry in Dunedin and studied tropical medicine in Sydney before he went back to the Cook Islands with his New Zealand wife.

From Time Magazine Archive

Count von Lehndorff is currently the house surgeon at a West German hospital in Bad Godesberg, and this new book is based on his diary of the two years he spent under Communism.

From Time Magazine Archive

He studied medicine, got his first job in 1929 as house surgeon in London's St. George Hospital.

From Time Magazine Archive

“There is no doubt about it,” the house surgeon said.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway