surgeon

«surgeon» in Mova's school dictionary: a doctor who does operations, cutting into the body to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a surgeon, surgeons)

meaning for a pupil

1) A surgeon is a doctor who does operations, cutting into the body to repair or remove parts. tree →

2) A tree surgeon is a person who cuts and looks after trees. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life a surgeon operates in a hospital theatre to fix a broken bone or take out an appendix. In science and health lessons, pupils learn that surgeons wash hands carefully and use clean tools to stop germs. In the UK, surgeons are called «Mr» or «Ms», not «Dr». Phrases: heart surgeon, brain surgeon, tree surgeon, dental surgeon.

examples

• The surgeon fixed my broken arm. tree →
• A heart surgeon operates on people's hearts. tree →
• Surgeons scrub their hands before every operation. tree →
• The tree surgeon cut the dead branches. tree →
• My aunt is training to be a surgeon. tree →
• The surgeon did 3 operations a day for 5 days, 15 in all. tree →
• «It's not brain surgery» means it's not very hard. tree →
• It was too late; a surgeon had been sent for to open a vein in her arm, but the poor woman was dead. tree →

note

Countable noun. Spelling trap: «surgeon» (with -eon). The work is «surgery»; in the UK «surgery» also means the doctor's local practice. A tree surgeon is not a medical doctor.

In the corpora

• Declan's dad is a surgeon.
• A surgeon is a doctor who operates on the body.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «surgeon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.