ENGLISH ROOT WORD: surger "surgery." from Greek kheirourgia, kheirourgos

【surger】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Greek word(s) "kheirourgia," and "kheirourgos." It carries the basic meaning of "surgery."

[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "surger"]

surgeon **[4105] A surgeon is a doctor who is specially trained to perform surgery.
surgery ***[3232] Surgery is medical treatment in which someone's body is cut open so that a doctor can repair, remove, or replace a diseased or damaged part.
surgical ☆[5110] Surgical equipment and clothing is used in surgery.

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[WORD ROOT]root surger
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] surg, surger
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Greek) kheirourgia, kheirourgos
[MEANING]root surgery

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】

• 【Greek】 kheirourgia from kheirourgos; handiwork, surgery
• 【Greek】 kheirourgos kheir+ergon; working or done by hand
• 【Latin】 chirurgia surgery

Please see the Word information in detail as follows;

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surgeon ★★[4105] noun from surgery
【DEFINITION】 A surgeon is a doctor who is specially trained to perform surgery.
【pl.】 surgeons
【ROOTs】 ⑴ surg(surger); surgery ⑵ eon(an); noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin chirurgia》 surgery
【First Known Meaning】 person who heals by manual operation on the patient
【DERIVATIVEs】 surgeon, surgery, surgical, surgically

surgery ★★★[3232] noun from surgery
【DEFINITION】 Surgery is medical treatment in which someone's body is cut open so that a doctor can repair, remove, or replace a diseased or damaged part.
【pl.】 surgeries
【ROOTs】 ⑴ surger; surgery ⑵ y; noun suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin chirurgia》 surgery
【First Known Meaning】 medical treatment of an operative nature, such as cutting-operations, setting of fractures, etc.
【DERIVATIVEs】 surgeon, surgery, surgical, surgically

surgical ☆[5110] adjective from surgery
【DEFINITION】 Surgical equipment and clothing is used in surgery.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ surg(surger); surgery ⑵ ical(ic); adjective suffix
【Etymology】 《Latin chirurgia》 surgery
【DERIVATIVEs】 surgeon, surgery, surgical, surgically

Other words containing "surger"; surgically

(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

surg, source
sure
super-
sun
sume, sumpt-
sum
stud
struct-
strong
strike

 

 

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