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Origin
surgeon · noun
- Ancient Greekχειρουργός
- Latinchīrūrgia“surgery”
- Vulgar Latin*chīrurgiānus
- Anglo-Normansurgien
- Middle Englishsurgien
- Englishsurgeon
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”). Doublet of chirurgeon.
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Ancient Greek χειρουργός
- χειρουργός (kheirourgós)doctor who performs surgery
Arabic جَرَّاح, جَرَّاحَة
- جَرَّاح (jarrāḥ)doctor who performs surgery
- جَرَّاحَة (jarrāḥa)doctor who performs surgery
Bengali সার্জন
- সার্জন (śarjon)doctor who performs surgery
Bulgarian хиру́рг, хиру́ржка
- хиру́рг (hirúrg)doctor who performs surgery
- хиру́ржка (hirúržka)doctor who performs surgery
Catalan cirurgià, cirurgiana
- cirurgiàdoctor who performs surgery
- cirurgianadoctor who performs surgery
Chinese Mandarin 外科醫生 /外科医生
- 外科醫生 /外科医生 (wàikē yīshēng)doctor who performs surgery
Czech chirurg, chirurgyně
- chirurgdoctor who performs surgery
- chirurgynědoctor who performs surgery
- chiruržkadoctor who performs surgery
Danish kirurg
- kirurgdoctor who performs surgery
Dutch chirurg
- chirurgdoctor who performs surgery
Esperanto ĥirurgo, kirurgo
- ĥirurgodoctor who performs surgery
- kirurgodoctor who performs surgery
- ĥirurgiistodoctor who performs surgery
- kirurgiistodoctor who performs surgery
Estonian kirurg
- kirurgdoctor who performs surgery
Finnish kirurgi
- kirurgidoctor who performs surgery
French chirurgien, chirurgienne
- chirurgiendoctor who performs surgery
- chirurgiennedoctor who performs surgery
German Chirurg, Operateur
- Chirurgdoctor who performs surgery
- Operateurdoctor who performs surgery
- Wundarztdoctor who performs surgery
Greek χειρουργός
- χειρουργός (cheirourgós)doctor who performs surgery
Hebrew מְנַתֵּחַ
- מְנַתֵּחַ (m'natéakh)doctor who performs surgery
Hindi शल्यचिकित्सक, जर्राह
- शल्यचिकित्सक (śalyacikitsak)doctor who performs surgery
- जर्राह (jarrāh)doctor who performs surgery
- सर्जन (sarjan)doctor who performs surgery
Hungarian sebész
- sebészdoctor who performs surgery
Icelandic skurðlæknir
- skurðlæknirdoctor who performs surgery
Indonesian dokter bedah, ahli bedah
- dokter bedahdoctor who performs surgery
- ahli bedahdoctor who performs surgery
Irish máinlia
- máinliadoctor who performs surgery
Italian chirurgo
- chirurgodoctor who performs surgery
Japanese 外科医, 執刀医
- 外科医 (gekai)doctor who performs surgery
- 執刀医 (shittōi)doctor who performs surgery
Korean 외과의사, 외과의
- 외과의사 (oegwauisa)doctor who performs surgery
- 외과의 (oegwaui)doctor who performs surgery
- 집도의 (jipdoui)doctor who performs surgery
Latin chīrurgus
- chīrurgusdoctor who performs surgery
Latvian ķirurgs, ķirurģe
- ķirurgsdoctor who performs surgery
- ķirurģedoctor who performs surgery
Lithuanian chirurgas
- chirurgasdoctor who performs surgery
Malay pakar bedah, ahli bedah
- pakar bedahdoctor who performs surgery
- ahli bedahdoctor who performs surgery
Māori tākuta poka
- tākuta pokadoctor who performs surgery
Norwegian Bokmål kirurg
- kirurgdoctor who performs surgery
Polish chirurg, chirurżka
- chirurgdoctor who performs surgery
- chirurżkadoctor who performs surgery
Portuguese cirurgião
- cirurgiãodoctor who performs surgery
Romanian chirurg
- chirurgdoctor who performs surgery
Russian хиру́рг
- хиру́рг (xirúrg)doctor who performs surgery
Scottish Gaelic lighiche
- lighichedoctor who performs surgery
Slovak chirurg, chirurgička
- chirurgdoctor who performs surgery
- chirurgičkadoctor who performs surgery
Spanish cirujano, cirujana
- cirujanodoctor who performs surgery
- cirujanadoctor who performs surgery
- quirurgodoctor who performs surgery
Swahili mpasuaji
- mpasuajidoctor who performs surgery
Swedish kirurg
- kirurgdoctor who performs surgery
Tagalog siruhano, maninistis
- siruhanodoctor who performs surgery
- maninistisdoctor who performs surgery
Thai ศัลยแพทย์
- ศัลยแพทย์ (sǎn-lá-yá-pɛ̂ɛt)doctor who performs surgery
Turkish cerrah
- cerrahdoctor who performs surgery
Ukrainian хіру́рг
- хіру́рг (xirúrh)doctor who performs surgery
Urdu جَرَّاح, سَرْجَن
- جَرَّاح (jarrāh)doctor who performs surgery
- سَرْجَن (sarjan)doctor who performs surgery
Vietnamese bác sĩ phẫu thuật
- bác sĩ phẫu thuậtdoctor who performs surgery
Welsh llawfeddyg
- llawfeddygdoctor who performs surgery
Yiddish כירורג
- כירורג (khirurg)doctor who performs surgery
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
surgeon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgeon
MLA
“surgeon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgeon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surgeon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgeon.
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