Definition of Surgical gown

1. Noun. Protective garment worn by surgeons during operations.

Exact synonyms: Gown, Scrubs
Generic synonyms: Garment
Derivative terms: Gown

Definition of Surgical gown

1. Noun. A protective plastic gown worn by a surgeon when performing surgery. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Surgical Gown

surgeonfish
surgeonfishes
surgeonlike
surgeonly
surgeonries
surgeonry
surgeons
surger
surgeries
surgers
surgery
surges
surgical
surgical contraception
surgical dressing
surgical gown
surgical gowns
surgical incision
surgical instrument
surgical knife
surgical operation
surgical procedure
surgical procedures
surgical process
surgical seam
surgical spirit
surgical strike
surgically
surgicenter
surgicenters

Literary usage of Surgical gown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Private Duty Nursing by Katharine De Witt (1917)
"For this reason she should wear a surgical gown while actually caring for the patient and should wear rubber gloves for such procedures as can be carried on ..."

2. Private Duty Nursing by Melvin J. Swenson, Katharine DeWitt (1913)
"For this reason she should wear a surgical gown while actually caring for the patient and should wear rubber gloves for such procedures as can be carried on ..."

3. Outlines of General and Surgical Nursing by Winifred Frederick Lindsay (1912)
"She also unpins and turns back the wrapper of a surgical gown without touching the gown and nurse No. 1 takes it out and puts it on, No. ..."

4. Transactions of the ... Session of the American Institute of Homœopathy by American Institute of Homeopathy Session (1902)
"A measure, which I consider one of the most efficient, is to always carry in my obstetrical bag a clean surgical gown reaching to the floor, so as to cover ..."

5. The Science and art of obstetrics by Sheldon Leavitt (1901)
"Adoption of the surgical idea in obstetrical work has introduced the surgical gown. There is little danger of direct infection of the patient from the ..."

6. Annals of Ophthalmology (1904)
"With regard to the dress of the operator, a surgical gown or jacket presents a good appearance and may be of some use, but it is far less essential than ..."

7. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1895)
"The nurse must have on a clean wash dress, and I put on a surgical gown ; my hands and the nurse's are always washed with tincture of green soap and dipped ..."

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