different between chirurgical vs chirurgeon

English

Etymology

From Middle English cirurgical, from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin chirurgic?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?????(?)d??k?l/

Adjective

chirurgical (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Surgical.

Related terms

• chirurgie
• chirurgion
• chirurgeon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.?y?.?i.kal/

Adjective

chirurgical (feminine singular chirurgicale, masculine plural chirurgicaux, feminine plural chirurgicales)

1. surgical

Derived terms

• chirurgicalement

Related terms

• chirurgie
• chirurgien

Further reading

• “chirurgical” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French chirurgical, from Latin chirurgicalis.

Adjective

chirurgical m or n (feminine singular chirurgical?, masculine plural chirurgicali, feminine and neuter plural chirurgicale)

1. surgical

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• chirurgion

Etymology

From Middle English cirurgien, borrowed from Old French cirurgiien, itself borrowed from Vulgar Latin *ch?rurgi?nus or formed from the root of cirurgie, borrowed from Latin chirurgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek ?????????? (kheirourgós). More at surgeon, surgery.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ka?.????d??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??n

Noun

chirurgeon (plural chirurgeons)

1. (archaic) A doctor or surgeon.
   • 1664, Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys, January 8

     At noon to the 'Change, and there long, and from thence by appointment took Luellin, Mount, and W. Symons, and Mr. Pierce, the chirurgeon, home to dinner with me and were merry.

   • 1688, Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, The Royal Slave

     All we could do could get no more words from him; and we took care to have him put immediately into a healing bath, to rid him of his pepper, and ordered a chirurgeon to anoint him with healing balm, which he suffered, and in some time he began to be able to walk and eat.

   • 1850, William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, & Hablot Knight Browne, Ainsworth's Magazine, p. 481.

     On the following day, Tresham was seized with a sudden illness, and making known his symptoms to Ipgreve, the chirurgeon who attended the prison was sent for, and on seeing him pronounced him dangerously ill, though he was at a loss to explain the nature of his disorder.

   • 1893, Julia Taft Bayne, Molly Webster

     Ye healthful Potions ye Chirurgeon sends from ye gallipots Power out,
     Ye bedd vpheaues, ye homs is shaken, & ye stooles are hvrl'd aboute.

   • 1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Part II, Chapter First, page 56

     And when he had come there the King's chirurgeon presently attended upon him - albeit his wounds were of such a sort he might not hope to live for a very long while.

Related terms

• chirurgical
• chirurgie