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GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the senior medical officer in an Army or Navy
  2. n. the head of the United States Public Health Service

Examples

  • “As U.S. surgeon general Richard Carmona told the press, the problem of steroid use is less a moral and ethical issue than it is a public health issue.”

    Simon & Schuster: Gladiator

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  1. medical officer
  1. medic
  1. executive
  1. executive director

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  1. quartermaster general
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  3. secretary-general
  4. rezident
  1. co-chairman
  2. hief
  3. Gauleiter
  4. undersecretary
  1. piano-tuner
  2. master-general
  3. provost marshal
  4. intromission
  1. f
  2. director-general
  3. directorship
  4. andone
  1. surveyor-general
  2. looter
  3. rapporteur
  4. judge advocate
  1. alguazil
  2. headmistress
  3. headmaster

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. surg.-gen
  1. divisional
  1. surgeon-generalship
  1. united states public health service
  1. SG
  1. PHS

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