Home / Free Study Material / Spell Bee Summer / Class 4 Spell Bee Summer Words / surgeon

Spell Bee Word: Surgeon


What does surgeon mean?

Word: Surgeon

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Surgeon means a doctor who treats illness or injury by operating, which means mending or removing a part inside the body.

How do you spell surgeon?

Syllables: sur - geon

Tricky part: The ending sounds like jun but is spelt geon. Keep the e and the o, even though you cannot hear them.

Watch out for: surgen, surjun, surgion

Memory tip: Imagine a pigeon wearing a surgeon's green cap: the two words end the same way, with geon.

Surgeon in a sentence

Example 1: The surgeon washed her hands for a full two minutes before the operation.

Example 2: A heart surgeon needs many years of training.

Example 3: After the surgeon fixed his knee, Dev could play football again.

Fun Fact

Surgeon goes back to the Greek word kheirourgia, which meant handiwork, from the Greek words for hand and work.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pharmasist
b) dentest
c) fisician
d) surgeon

Show answer

d) surgeon. Pharmacist has a c, dentist ends in ist and physician starts with ph; surgeon is the one spelt right.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nsoeugr

a) scrounge
b) surgeon
c) sponge
d) grouse

Show answer

b) surgeon. Sponge needs a p, scrounge a c, and grouse leaves the n unused; all seven letters spell surgeon.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Our neighbour is a sergeon at the big hospital in Pune.

a) neighbour
b) Pune
c) sergeon
d) hospital

Show answer

c) sergeon. The first part is sur, as in surprise.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a surgeon scrub her hands before an operation?

a) to save time later
b) to warm her hands
c) to get rid of germs
d) to make the gloves fit

Show answer

c) to get rid of germs

2. A surgeon is most likely to ____.

a) sell medicines
b) test your eyes for glasses
c) remove an appendix
d) fill a cavity

Show answer

c) remove an appendix

Associated Words

Words that start with sur: survive, surface, surely, surround, surveyor

More words from this list

wholesome, baton, cupboard, empress, haddock, maid, petticoat, response

Next steps

How to participate in CREST International Spell Bee

The CREST International Spell Bee (CSB) is conducted in two editions – CREST International Spell Bee - Summer (CSB) and CREST International Spell Bee - Winter (CSBW) – giving students across the globe an opportunity to showcase and enhance their spelling proficiency. Designed for young learners from Senior KG to Class 8, the competition focuses on word-building, pronunciation, and vocabulary enrichment, helping students develop strong linguistic skills.

Steps to Participate:

Step 1: Visit the registration page and complete the registration with your desired subject.

Step 2: After Registration done, do login at www.crestolympiads.com/login.

Step 3: After login, go to dashboard and click on Book slot/Take Exam

Step 4: Schedule your exam date and preferred time.

Step 5: Log in with your credentials on the exam day at the scheduled time and take the exam.

70%