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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{suffix|surgeon|cy|lang=en}}
From {{suffix|en|surgeon|cy}}.


===Noun===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/|a=US}}
{{en-noun|surgeoncies}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsi|s=3}}


===Noun===
# The office or employment of a [[surgeon]], as in the [[naval]] or [[military]] service.
{{en-noun}}


# {{lb|en|now|chiefly|India}} The office or employment of a [[surgeon]], either in the [[naval]] or [[military]] service, or in a [[hospital]] as a [[resident]] or [[house officer]].
{{Webster 1913}}
#: {{ux|en|Before she is able to have her own practice, she has to complete her house '''surgeoncy'''.}}
#* '''1768''', {{w|Ignatius Sancho}}, letter to Mr. J—W—E., in ''Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho,'' London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp.{{nbsp}}4-5,<sup>[https://archive.org/details/lettersoflateign00sanc_0/page/4]</sup>
#*: {{...}} 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.


====See also====
[[ku:surgeoncy]]
* {{l|en|housemanship}}
* {{l|en|residency}}

Latest revision as of 01:57, 19 September 2024

English

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Etymology

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From surgeon +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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surgeoncy (plural surgeoncies)

  1. (now chiefly India) The office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.
    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,[1]
      [] 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.

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