Meaning

2 senses

  1. One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

    The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.

    Chirurg, Operateur, Wundarzt

    хиру́ргxirúrg

    хіру́ргxirúrh

    a physician who specializes in surgery

  2. A surgeonfish.

Examples

152 sentences

  1. Tom wanted to become a surgeon.

    Том хотів стати хірургом. — deniko

    ruТом хотел стать хирургом. — marafon

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  2. I want to be a surgeon.

    Я хочу бути хірургом. — deniko

    deIch will Chirurg werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom doesn't want to be a surgeon.

    Том не хоче бути хірургом. — deniko

    ruТом не хочет быть хирургом. — marafon

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  4. Tom didn't want to be a surgeon.

    Том не хотів бути хірургом. — deniko

    ruТом не хотел быть хирургом. — marafon

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  5. Tom wants to become a plastic surgeon.

    Том хоче стати пластичним хірургом. — deniko

    ruТом хочет стать пластическим хирургом. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
doctor who performs surgery:
Русский
By meaning 1
doctor who performs surgery:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
doctor who performs surgery:

Origin

From Middle English surgien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surgien, sirogen (Old French surgi

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.

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Forms

plural: surgeons

Synonyms

4 synonyms
sawbonescutterchirurgeon
Close in meaning
  • a physician who specializes in surgery:operating surgeonsawbones

Word family

43 related words
Derivedaesthetic surgeonbarber surgeonbottom surgeonbrain surgeoncardiosurgeoncosmetic surgeoncryosurgeoncybersurgeondental surgeondermasurgeonelectrosurgeonheart surgeonmicrosurgeonnanosurgeonneurosurgeonnonsurgeonoral surgeonorthopedic surgeonorthosurgeonotosurgeonplastic surgeonpsychic surgeonpsychosurgeonrocket surgeon

Collocations

7 patterns
  • a plastic surgeon
  • become a surgeon
  • plastic surgeon
  • is a surgeon
  • a good surgeon
  • surgeon but
  • good surgeon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
surfboardsurfersurgeB2surgeryB1surgicalsurly

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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