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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

chirurgien

, from

chirurgie

surgery, fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] working or operating with the hand;

χείρ

hand + [GREEK] work. Cf.

A surgeon.

[Obs.]

Noun.

A surgeon; one whose profession is to heal diseases by manual operations, instruments or external applications.