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surgeoncy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsi

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noun

Meaning 1

The office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India

Examples

  • Before she is able to have her own practice, she has to complete her house surgeoncy.
  • 1768, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. J—W—E., in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp. 4-5, [...] his abilities, address, good nature, and good sense, have got him a surgeoncy in the batalion of guards, which is reckoned a very good thing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From surgeon + -cy.