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surgeon

noun/ˈsərdʒən/

a doctor who does medical operations

A very famous German eye surgeon has carried out a pioneering operation, which means that short-sighted people can soon throw away their glasses.

physicianpractitioner
word origin — Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French surgien, contraction of Old French serurgien, based on Latin chirurgia, from Greek kheirourgia ‘handiwork, surgery’, from kheir ‘hand’ + ergon ‘work’