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Definition of Surgeon

Surgeon 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 (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment. Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon. Related Definitions: Also, And, Any, As, Base, Body, By, Called, Chaetodont, Constitutional, Cure, Doctor, Each, Family, Fish, Fishes, Have, Injuries, Is, Lancet, Local, Manual, Medication, Numerous, Occupation, Of, On, One, Operation, Or, Profession, Sea, Sharp, Side, Species, Such, Surgeon, Tail, The, To, Treatment, Two, Whether, Which, Whose

Surgeon Quotations I thought I wanted to be a brain surgeon until I realized all the schooling it required. I didn't like school very much so I had to come up with something else. Lexa Doig Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. Dag Hammarskjold The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile. Robert Cormier She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon. Groucho Marx I met the surgeon general - he offered me a cigarette. Rodney Dangerfield

Surgeon Translations surgeon in Afrikaans is chirurg surgeon in Danish is kirurg surgeon in Dutch is heelmeester, chirurg surgeon in French is chirurgien surgeon in German is Chirurg surgeon in Italian is chirurgo surgeon in Spanish is cirujano, quirurgo surgeon in Swedish is kirurg

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