Surgeon General Definition

surgeon generals, surgeons general
noun
The chief general officer or admiral in charge of the medical department of the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Navy.
Webster's New World
The chief medical officer in the U.S. Public Health Service or in some state health services.
Webster's New World
Alternative form of Surgeon General.
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Noun

Singular:
Surgeon General
Plural:
surgeons general, surgeon generals

Surgeon General Sentence Examples

  • The library of the Surgeon-General's Office contains 200,000 volumes, and is the largest medical library in the world.

  • Chewing tobacco contains a whopping 28 carcinogens (cancer causing agents) and furthermore, it's actually been declared by the Surgeon General that chewing tobacco is not a safe substitute for real cigarettes.

  • According to the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG), "an estimated 300,000 deaths per year may be attributable to obesity."

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