surgeoncy
US/ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
surgeoncy noun: the office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.
Noun
surgeoncy (plural surgeoncies)
- The office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.
- Before she is able to have her own practice, she has to complete her house surgeoncy.
- […] his abilities, address, good nature, and good sense, have got him a surgeoncy in the batalion of guards, which is reckoned a very good thing.1768, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. J—W—E., in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp. 4-5
Forms of surgeoncy
| plural | surgeoncies |
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Origin of surgeoncy
From surgeon + -cy.
Words that rhyme with surgeoncy
Questions about surgeoncy
- What does surgeoncy mean?
- Surgeoncy means the office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.
- What part of speech is surgeoncy?
- Surgeoncy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce surgeoncy?
- Surgeoncy is pronounced /ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/ (US).
- What is the plural of surgeoncy?
- The plural of surgeoncy is surgeoncies.
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