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Surgeon General

n. pl. Surgeons General

1. The chief general officer in the medical departments of the US Army, Navy, or Air Force.

2. The chief medical officer in the US Public Health Service or in a state public health service.

surgeon general,

(in the United States) the chief medical officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Public Health Service. In other countries, the title may indicate any physician with the rank of general.

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