surgeon general

  • 21surgeon general — pl., surgeons general. 1. the chief of medical services in one of the armed forces. 2. (caps.) the head of the U.S. Bureau of Public Health or, in some states, of a state health agency. [1770 80] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 22surgeon general — noun (plural surgeons general) (in the US) the head of a public health service or of the medical service of the armed forces …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23surgeon general — sur′geon gen′eral n. pl. surgeons general 1) the chief of medical services in one of the armed forces 2) (caps.) the head of the U.S. Bureau of Public Health or, in some states, of a state health agency …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24surgeon general — /sɜdʒən ˈdʒɛnrəl/ (say serjuhn jenruhl) noun (plural surgeons general) the chief of medical service in the navy …

  • 25Surgeon General — The chief medical officer of the United States Public Health Service …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 26Library of the Surgeon General's Office — The Library of the Surgeon General s Office, later called the Army Medical Library, was the institutional medical literature repository of the U.S. Army Surgeon General from 1836 to 1956 when it was transformed into the National Library of… …

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  • 27Paul Ehrlich (surgeon general) — Paul Ehrlich, Jr. (born 1932) served as the Acting Surgeon General of the United States from 1973 to 1977.*Acting Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service (1973 77) *Former Deputy Director, Pan American Health Organization (1978 1983) …

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  • 28firing\ the\ surgeon\ general — A counterproductive dismissal of someone doing something we all do. I don t know what my wife is so disgusted by all I know is that she s firing the surgeon general …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 29firing\ the\ surgeon\ general — A counterproductive dismissal of someone doing something we all do. I don t know what my wife is so disgusted by all I know is that she s firing the surgeon general …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 30Surgeon — Sur geon, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See {Chirurgeon}.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English