surgeon
/ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/US/ˈsɝd͡ʒən/
surgeon noun: one who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
Noun
surgeon (plural surgeons)
- One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
- The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.
- A surgeonfish.
Proper noun capitalized: Surgeon
Surgeon (plural Surgeons)
- A surname.
surgeon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
surgeon in Hindi
- doctor who performs surgery
- शल्यचिकित्सक śalyacikitsak, जर्राह jarrāh, सर्जन sarjan
surgeon in Tamil
- பண்டுநர், அறுவை மருத்துவர், சத்திரவைத்தியன்
surgeon in Marathi
- doctor who performs surgery
- सर्जन sarjan
surgeon in Urdu
- doctor who performs surgery
- جَرَّاح jarrāh, سَرْجَن sarjan
More languagesFewer languages
- surgeon in Bengali
- সার্জন śarjon
- surgeon in Telugu
- శస్త్రవైద్యుడు śastravaidyuḍu
- surgeon in Malayalam
- ശസ്ത്രക്രിയനടത്തുന്നയാൾ, ശസ്ത്രക്രിയാവിദഗ്ധൻ
- surgeon in Kannada
- ಶಸ್ತ್ರವೈದ್ಯ, ಶಸ್ತ್ರ ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸಕ, ಕೊಯ್ಮಾಂಜುಗ
- surgeon in Punjabi
- جراح jarrāḥ, ਜੱਰਾਹ jarrāh
- surgeon in Gujarati
- શલ્ય ચિકિત્સક
- surgeon in Odia
- ସର୍ଜନ, ଶଲ୍ଯ ଚିକିତ୍ସକ, ସର୍ଜନ୍
- surgeon in Sanskrit
- शल्यकार śalyakāra
- surgeon in Nepali
- शल्य चिकित्सक, शल्यचिकित्सक, सर्जन
- surgeon in Pashto
- جراح jarrāh
- surgeon in Tagalog
- siruhano, maninistis
- surgeon in Arabic
- جَرَّاح jarrāḥ, جَرَّاحَة jarrāḥa
- surgeon in Malay
- pakar bedah, ahli bedah
- surgeon in Indonesian
- dokter bedah, ahli bedah
- surgeon in Thai
- ศัลยแพทย์ sǎn-lá-yá-pɛ̂ɛt
- surgeon in Vietnamese
- bác sĩ phẫu thuật
- surgeon in Myanmar
- ခွဲစိတ်ကုဆရာဝန် hkwai:citku.hca.rawan, ခွဲစိတ်ဆရာဝန် hkwai:cithca.rawan
Examples of surgeon in a sentence
- The surgeon readied himself, dressing, scrubbing and checking his notes for the next patient.
- The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.
- I'd never make it as a brain surgeon: I'm too doplic!
Synonyms of surgeon
Forms of surgeon
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | surgeons |
| alternative form | chirurgeon |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Surgeons |
Origin of surgeon
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.
Occupational surname from surgeon.
Words formed from surgeon
- aesthetic surgeon
- barber surgeon
- bottom surgeon
- brain surgeon
- cardiosurgeon
- cosmetic surgeon
- cryosurgeon
- cybersurgeon
- dental surgeon
- dermasurgeon
- electrosurgeon
- heart surgeon
- microsurgeon
- nanosurgeon
- neurosurgeon
- nonsurgeon
- oral surgeon
- orthopedic surgeon
- orthosurgeon
- otosurgeon
- plastic surgeon
- psychic surgeon
- psychosurgeon
- rocket surgeon
- sea-surgeon
- staff surgeon
- supersurgeon
- surgeoncy
- surgeon-dentist
- surgeoness
- surgeonfish
- surgeon general
- surgeon-general
- surgeonless
- surgeonlike
- surgeonly
- surgeon major
- surgeonry
- surgeonship
- surgeon's knot
- telesurgeon
- top surgeon
- tree surgeon
- veterinary surgeon
Phrases with surgeon
Words that rhyme with surgeon
Questions about surgeon
- What does surgeon mean?
- Surgeon means one who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
- What is surgeon in Hindi?
- Surgeon in Hindi is शल्यचिकित्सक (śalyacikitsak), जर्राह (jarrāh), सर्जन (sarjan). See Surgeon meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is surgeon?
- Surgeon can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce surgeon?
- Surgeon is pronounced /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of surgeon?
- The plural of surgeon is surgeons.
Words near surgeon in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: surgeon (page history and authors); Surgeon (page history and authors); surgeon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); శస్త్రవైద్యుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); surgeon (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); surgeon (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جراح (Punjabi) (page history and authors); surgeon (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surgeon (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); शल्यकार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); surgeon (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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