surgeon
One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
Noun 2 meanings
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.
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”).
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SURGEON at a glance
SURGEON has 7 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + R 1 + G 2 + E 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,747 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with surgeon
All rhymes- NAPOLEON10
- NEON4
- PIGEON9
- DUNGEON9
- STURGEON9
- LUNCHEON13
- PANTHEON13
- NICKELODEON18
- CHAMELEON16
- NEUROSURGEON13
- THEREON10
- JEON11
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- MURGEON10
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