surgeon
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sur·geon /ˈsɜːdʒən $ ˈsɜːr-/ ●●○ noun [countable] MNa doctor who does operations in a hospital 外科医生► see thesaurus at doctor → dental surgeon
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surgeon• Others compared him to a surgeon engaged in meticulous dissection.• A famous brain surgeon from Boston performed the operation.• A famous brain surgeon came up from Boston and operated on him for three hours.• The breakfast hour of the nurses was to be regulated by the house surgeon.• But the big scene happens at a cocktail party in the home of a famous plastic surgeon.• We can hardly suppress what the police surgeon has just told us.• The aim is to tell the surgeons about a survey which shows the most popular forms of cosmetic surgery.• The surgeon told reporters that Sara was making good progress after the heart transplant.• The surgeon apparently did not listen to his patient or respect her bodily integrity.Origin surgeon (1300-1400) Anglo-French surgien, from Old French cirurgien, from cirurgie; → SURGERYsur·geon nounChineseSyllable
who hospital a operations Corpus does a doctor in
surgeon
sur‧geon /ˈsɜːdʒən $ ˈsɜːr-/
noun [countable]
⇨ dental surgeon
▪ doctor someone who treats people who are ill, who has completed a long course of study at medical school: If you have bad chest pains, you should see a doctor.
▪GP British English a doctor who is trained in general medicine and who treats the people who live in a local area: My GP told me that I must lose weight.
▪physician /fəˈzɪʃən, fɪˈzɪʃən/ formal especially American English a doctor: the American physician, Dr James Tyler Kent
▪quack informal someone who pretends to be a doctor: My father felt that people practicing alternative medicine were just a bunch of quacks.
▪the medical profession doctors and nurses considered as a group: This view is widely accepted among the medical profession.
▪surgeon /ˈsɜːdʒən $ ˈsɜːr-/ a doctor who does operations in a hospital: One of the world’s top heart surgeons performed the operation.
▪specialist a doctor with special knowledge about a particular illness, part of the body, or type of treatment: The new drug is being tested by cancer specialists. | an eye specialist
▪consultant British English a very senior doctor in a hospital, with a lot of knowledge about a particular area of medicine: The consultant said that he did not think it was cancer.
▪paramedic someone who has been trained to treat sick or injured people, especially at the scene of an accident: Paramedics treated him for shock.
▪vet (also veterinarian especially American English) a doctor who treats animals: We took the cat to the vet.
▪paediatrician British English, pediatrician American English a doctor who treats children who are sick
▪gynaecologist British English, gynecologist American English a doctor who treats medical conditions and illnesses that affect women’s bodies
▪obstetrician a doctor who deals with the birth of children
▪radiographer someone whose job is to take X-rays or to treat people using an X-ray machine
sur‧geon /ˈsɜːdʒən $ ˈsɜːr-/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: surgien, from Old French cirurgien, from cirurgie; ⇨ surgery
a doctor who does operations in a hospitalLanguage: Anglo-French
Origin: surgien, from Old French cirurgien, from cirurgie; ⇨ surgery
⇨ dental surgeon
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