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surgeon

American  
[sur-juhn] / ˈsɜr dʒən /

noun

  1. a physician who specializes in surgery.

surgeon British  
/ ˈsɜːdʒən /

noun

  1. a medical practioner who specializes in surgery

  2. a medical officer in the Royal Navy

"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

Etymology

Origin of surgeon

1250–1300; Middle English surgien < Anglo-French, alteration of Old French cirurgien chirurgeon

Example Sentences

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Dr. Christopher Klifto is an orthopaedic upper-extremity surgeon at Duke University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Likewise, the camera observes Weinberg’s Tereza with a sensual tactility that I haven’t seen lavished on any actor over 70 who hasn’t spent her golden years at the plastic surgeon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Her face and teeth were agony and she discovered later from a maxillofacial surgeon, that he had knocked her vagus nerve out of place.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The surgeon who wants to perform the world’s first head transplant.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

I don’t know much about Darren’s father except he was a heart surgeon, and he was killed in a car accident when Darren was about my age.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

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