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☆ Surgeon General

  1. the chief general officer or admiral in charge of the medical department of the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Navy
  2. the chief medical officer in the U.S. Public Health Service or in some state health services
Abbrev. Surg Gen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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