noun
( plural surgeons general )
1.
a. : the chief of the medical service of the United States Army having the rank of major general
b. : the chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in the United States Navy having the rank of rear admiral
c. : the chief medical officer of the United States Air Force
2. : the chief medical officer in the United States Bureau of Public Health or of a state public health bureau
3. : one of the ten members of the medical staff of the British Army