Surgeon General
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- noun
- /ˈsɜrdʒən ˈdʒɛnərəl/
- Formal
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cirujano general de los EE. UU.
- Would you like to be Surgeon General?
- Surgeon General's report
- U.S. Surgeon General
- former Surgeon General
And the title of this article is Surgeon General's Warning.
- And the title of this article is Surgeon General's Warning.
- Well, you will remember in a moment, if you were surgeon general, what would you do?
- So my point is, we might be at the very beginning of the equivalent of the Surgeon General's report.
- One thing that the Surgeon General suggested decrease the amount of time spent in unhealthy relationships.
- And I'm sure you saw that the surgeon general just came out with a warning around how stressed out parents are.
- So you, you had the, the White House, the surgeon General's office, the CDC, you know, sort of government agency after government agency.
- But you know, if they ever invited me, we actually Vivek Murthy, the the current surgeon general, great guy.
- So as surgeon General, that was one of my major efforts and reports as other areas.
Examples
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The Surgeon General recently reported that 27 percent of Americans are obese and 61 percent are overweight.
Academic text (2005) -
According to the Surgeon General, consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a motor vehicle.
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And if you were to wake up and find yourself to be the Surgeon General of the United States?
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Well, you will remember in a moment, if you were surgeon general, what would you do?
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I think the Surgeon General might be onto something.
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What would the Surgeon General say?
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The Surgeon General was right.
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In 1996, the Surgeon General of the United States officially recommended regular exercise as a part of a healthy lifestyle.
Academic text (2003) -
The Surgeon General, David Satcher, pleads with people to seek help now.
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The Surgeon General provides essential information about health and disease prevention to the public.
Surface Forms
Morphology
A learner who knows 'surgeon' (medical practitioner) and 'general' (a senior officer) can reasonably infer this refers to a senior or chief medical officer, so the constituents point toward a high-ranking medical role. However, the fixed title, the unusual postpositive use of 'general' and the institutional/scope-specific meaning (e.g., chief public-health officer vs. a military rank) are not fully predictable from the parts alone, so full understanding often requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Surgeon General comes from the words surgeon (a doctor who operates) and general (meaning overall or chief). Picture one doctor who speaks for all public health workers and tells the nation how to stay healthy, so the title means the 'head' doctor for the country.