GORGAS

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• GORGAS (noun)
  The noun GORGAS has 1 sense:

1. United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)

  Familiarity information: GORGAS used as a noun is very rare.

• GORGAS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gorgas; William Crawford Gorgas

Instance hypernyms:

operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)