cirurgião

Portuguese

Alternative forms

(obsolete) chirurgião

Etymology

From Old Portuguese *cirurgião, cilurgião, celorgião, *cerorgião (“chirurgeon”), from *chīrūrgiānus, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from chīrūrgus (“surgeon”), from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Pronunciation

(South Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ˌɾuɻ.ʒi.ˈãõ/, /si.ˌɾuɻ.ˈʒjãõ/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.ɾuɾ.ˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
Hyphenation: ci‧rur‧gi‧ão

Noun

cirurgião m (plural cirurgiões or ciurgiães, feminine cirurgiã, feminine plural cirurgiãs)

surgeon (doctor who performs surgery)

Synonyms

operador

Derived terms

cirurgião-dentista

Related terms

cirurgia, cirúrgico

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