noun
United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)
• Syn: ↑William Crawford Gorgas
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑surgeon, ↑operating surgeon, ↑sawbones
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/gawr"geuhs/, n.
William Crawford, 1854-1920, U.S. physician and epidemiologist: chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal 1904-13; surgeon general of the U.S. Army 1914-18.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.