surgeoncy

English

Etymology

surgeon +‎ -cy

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒənsi

Noun

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.

See also

• housemanship
• residency