Sûr'geon, n.

(sûr/jun), n. [O. Eng. surgian, O. Fr. surgien, contracted from chirurgien. See CHIRURGEON.] One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; sometimes, one whose occupation is to cure external diseases, whether by manual operation, or by medicines externally or internally.

Surgeon-apothecary, one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. Douglass.—Surgeon-dentist, a dental surgeon; a dentist.