cirurgião

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Galician-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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ɾuʁ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /si.ɾuɾ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuɾˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.ɾuʁ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuʁˈʒjɐ̃w̃/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ɾuɻ.ʒiˈɐ̃w̃/ , (faster pronunciation) /si.ɾuɻˈʒjɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: ci‧rur‧gi‧ão

Noun

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

  1. surgeon (doctor who performs surgery)
    Synonym: operador

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