# surgeon

Pronunciation: say "SUR-juhn" US /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/, UK /ˈsɜːd͡ʒən/

## Noun

1. A doctor who performs operations on people or animals; a medical professional trained in surgery.
   - Simple: A doctor trained to treat injuries and illness by doing operations on the body.
   - _The surgeon repaired the torn ligament in a two-hour operation._
   - _An equine surgeon at the veterinary hospital set the racehorse's fractured leg._
2. A tropical marine fish, known as a surgeonfish, bearing sharp blade-like spines at the base of its tail.
   - Simple: A colorful ocean fish with sharp spines near its tail.
   - _A powder-blue surgeon drifted over the coral, nibbling algae from the rocks._
   - _Surgeons defend themselves with the razor-sharp spines folded against their tails._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English surgien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surgien, from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus and Latin chīrūrgia ("surgery"), ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós), built from χείρ (kheír, "hand") and ἔργον (érgon, "work").

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