a house officer working in a surgical as opposed to a medical discipline
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house surgeon in American English
noun
a surgeon who lives in a hospital in which he or she is on call
Word origin
[1815–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aesthetic, norm, reamer, treadmill, trolley
Examples of 'house surgeon' in a sentence
house surgeon
Significant difference was found in the percentage of tobacco consumption among medical and dental house surgeon students.
M G Inderjit, G N Karibasappa, L Nagesh 2015, 'Tobacco and alcohol use among male dental and medical students studying in Davangerecity: A cross-sectional survey', Journal of Dental Research and Reviewhttp://www.jdrr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-2915;year=2015;volume=2;issue=4;spage=156;epage=160;aulast=Inderjit. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)