El cirujano de trasplante de hígado
Example: El cirujano de trasplante de hígado realizó una operación compleja ayer.
Definition
"El cirujano de trasplante de hígado" refers to a medical professional specialized in performing surgical operations to replace a diseased liver with a healthy one from a donor. This specialist handles complex procedures involving liver transplantation to save or improve patients' lives.
Etymology
The phrase "el cirujano de trasplante de hígado" combines Spanish words where "cirujano" means surgeon, derived from Latin 'chirurgus' through Greek, meaning 'hand worker.' "Trasplante" comes from 'tras-' meaning across and 'plantare' meaning to plant or graft, indicating the transfer of an organ. "Hígado" means liver, with roots in Latin 'ficatum.' Together, they describe a surgeon who performs liver transplants.
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"El cirujano de trasplante de hígado" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - Medical Professions - (B2) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used words.
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the liver transplant surgeon