Meanings
nounsurgiholic (plural surgiholics)
plural surgiholics
- A person motivated to undergo repeated cosmetic surgery.
Surgery should be avoided when the deformity is minimal, particularly in patients with a "surgiholic" tendency.
1988, Roger Kohn, Textbook of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lea & Febiger, →ISBN, page 189
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰésōr
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰéhər
- Ancient Greekχείρ (kheír)
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*worǵós
- Proto-Hellenic*worgós
- Ancient Greekχειρουργός (kheirourgós)
- Ancient Greekχειρουργέω (kheirourgéō)
- Ancient Greekχειρουργίᾱ̆ (kheirourgíā̆)
- Latinchīrūrgia
- Old Frenchsurgie
- Old Frenchsurgerie
- Middle Englishsurgerie
- Englishsurgery
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholic
- Englishsurgiholic
From surgery + -holic.
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APA
surgiholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgiholic
MLA
“surgiholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgiholic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surgiholic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgiholic.
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