surgeon

surgeon
physician, doctor, surgeon
The normal word for a medical practitioner in general contexts is doctor (abbreviated as a title to Dr). Physician is familiar from the proverb Physician, heal thyself (Luke 4:23) and has the same range of meaning as doctor but is not in general use. In current British use, a doctor in general practice is distinguished as a general practitioner (or GP). In AmE, Doctor is also used for a qualified dentist or veterinary surgeon; and in all English-speaking countries Doctor and Dr are used (as titles only) to refer to a person who has a doctorate in a non-medical subject (e.g. Doctor of Philosophy). A surgeon is a person who is qualified to practise surgery, and in Britain (except Scotland) is addressed as Mr, not Dr.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • Surgeon — Sur geon, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See {Chirurgeon}.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • surgeon — SURGEON. s. m. Rejetton qui est du tronc, du pied d un arbre. Ces arbre n a point poussé de rameaux, il en est seulement sorti quelques surgeons. Il signifie aussi fig. Issu, descendant d une race. Surgeon du sang de Charlemagne. Il vieillit. On… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Surgeon — (engl., spr. Sördsch n), der Chirurg, Wundarzt …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • surgeon — c.1300, from Anglo Fr. surgien (13c.), from O.Fr. serurgien, cirurgien, from cirurgie surgery, from L. chirurgia, from Gk. kheirourgia, from kheirourgos working or done by hand, from kheir hand + ergon work (see URGE (Cf. urge) (v.)) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • surgeon — ► NOUN 1) a medical practitioner qualified to practise surgery. 2) a doctor in the navy. ORIGIN Old French serurgien, from Greek kheirourgia handiwork, surgery …   English terms dictionary

  • surgeon — [sʉr′jən] n. [ME surgien < OFr cirurgien < cirurgie,SURGERY] a doctor who specializes in surgery, as distinguished from a physician …   English World dictionary

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