surgeon

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sur·geon [surgeon surgeons] BrE [ˈsɜːdʒən] NAmE [ˈsɜːrdʒən] noun
a doctor who is trained to perform ↑surgery (= medical operations that involve cutting open a person's body)
•a brain/heart, etc. surgeon
compare ↑physician

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French surgien, contraction of Old French serurgien, based on Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirourgia ‘handiwork, surgery’, from kheir ‘hand’ + ergon ‘work’.

Example Bank:
•A plastic surgeon successfully rebuilt his nose.
•He is determined to qualify as a surgeon.
•Many people are terrified at the thought of the surgeon's knife.
•Surgeons performed two operations on him yesterday.
•Surgeons removed her right leg above the knee.
•a board-certified plastic surgeon
•the surgeon who will operate on you
•a brain/heart surgeon

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  operating surgeon, sawbones