What's the difference between chirurgeon and surgeon?

Chirurgeon


Definition:

  • (n.) A surgeon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) When M. Bienaise, one of the most famous Chirurgeons of Paris, began the Performance of this Operation about fifty years past, it pass'd for his Invention; of which he reap'd all the Honor and it all the Charms of Novelty; but on Examination it appearing that it had been talk'd about two thousand years before he hit on it, it was consequently discover'd he only reviv'd an Ancient Practice of the Greeks, and that Guido and several others had practised it.

Surgeon


Definition:

  • (n.) One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.
  • (n.) Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In conclusion, the efficacy of free tissue transfer in the treatment of osteomyelitis is geared mainly at enabling the surgeon to perform a wide radical debridement of infected and nonviable soft tissue and bone.
  • (2) This "gender identity movement" has brought together such unlikely collaborators as surgeons, endocrinologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and research specialists into a mutually rewarding arena.
  • (3) This technology will provide better information to the surgeon for preoperative diagnosis and planning and for the design of customized implants.
  • (4) The skill of the surgeon was not a significant factor in maternal deaths.
  • (5) Four hundred patients with resectable colon and rectal cancers were operated on by 37 surgeons at 31 institutions.
  • (6) The instrument is a definite aid to the surgeon, and does not penalize the time required for surgery.
  • (7) By using these larger catheters, the surgeon will not lose the option of using isosmotic preparations.
  • (8) Surgery of destroyed joints in the hand and wrist in the arthritic patient can be added to the armamentarium of the reconstructive arthritis surgeon.
  • (9) During the 1985 annual meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in Honolulu, neurosurgical training and practice in India, Korea, Japan, and Australasia were discussed at the International Committee symposium.
  • (10) No acute cases of clinical or anicteric hepatitis were in observed in 75% of 161 patients who had been exposed to hepatitis A by an oral surgeon during the contagious period.
  • (11) General anaesthesia with apneic oxygenation may offer the ENT surgeon increased possibilities of exploration and operation at the level of the larynx and trachea, but owing to its biological consequences, it should be used only with circumspection and its indications should be totally justified, for acts of limited duration.
  • (12) The conclusion is to warn the orthopaedic surgeons to look carefully what model is behind the pretty coloured results.
  • (13) A control group of 20 patients undergoing the identical cardiac operations (13 coronary artery bypass grafting procedures [CABG], 4 valve replacements [including 1 reoperative procedure], and 3 combined valve replacements and CABG) by the same surgeon within a one-year period was chosen for comparison of chest tube outputs.
  • (14) This is to help the surgeon to perform very precise surgery that was not possible in the past.
  • (15) These versions offer different advantages and are selected according to the particular field of application and the refraction of the surgeon.
  • (16) This demonstrates a considerable range in surgeons' attitudes to day surgery despite its formal endorsement by professional bodies, and identifies what are perceived as the organizational and clinical barriers to its wider introduction.
  • (17) The concept of increasing bone mass and decreasing expanded soft-tissue mass has application within the judgment of the surgeon coupled with the patient's desires.
  • (18) The surgeon must have an exact idea of this canal before undertaking operation for plastics of the hernial defect.
  • (19) A 1-month stay in Bangladesh at the Dhaka Shishu Hospital, made possible by the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, afforded an invaluable opportunity to be involved in Pediatric Surgery in such a setting.
  • (20) It is emphasized that surgeons should be more aware of the relationship of the holding power of surgical knots to not only the knot-typing technique but also the kind of suture material used.

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