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Definition of Surgeon general
1. Noun. The head of the United States Public Health Service.
2. Noun. The senior medical officer in an Army or Navy.
Definition of Surgeon general
1. Noun. The leading public health official in a country, state, or military division. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surgeon General
Literary usage of Surgeon general
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1898)
"... 'lMS, vice Surgeon-General Sir WJ Moore, KC IE , retired lût, deceased, and
Surgeon-Colonel B. Franklin, CIE , vice Surgeon - General WB Cornish, ..."
2. Guide to the Archives of the Government of the United States in Washington by Claude Halstead Van Tyne (1907)
"The medical department, with a Surgeon-General at its head, ... The annual reports
of the surgeon-general contain detailed accounts of the work of the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The office of surgeon-general, as the heart of the Medical Department of the army,
... The enormous expansion in the work of the surgeon-general's office is ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The foregoing surgeon's certificate was duly referred to the Surgeon-General of
the army. The order of reference and tbe Surgeon-General's report thereon ..."
5. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1893)
"Colonel Dallas Bache, deputy surgeon general; Major David L. ... CC Byrne, deputy
surgeon general, on being relieved from duty as medical director, ..."
6. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"Dr Sternberg's present rank is that of lieutenant-colonel and deputy surgeon-general,
USA, and he is on duty in New York city as "attending surgeon. ..."
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