surgeon
Plural: surgeons
Noun
- A medical professional who performs operations.
- a physician who specializes in surgery
- One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
- A surgeonfish.
Examples
- He meticulously placed his tiles like a surgeon, ensuring no mistakes in his Words With Friends game.
- The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
operating surgeon, sawbones, chirurgeon, cutter
Scrabble Score: 8
surgeon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsurgeon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
surgeon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary