See Also: Surgeon General(dictionary)
surgeon general(medicine)
general surgeon(medicine)
sea surgeon(medicine)
surgeon(dictionary)
surgeon(dictionary)
Surgeon(medicine)
house surgeon(medicine)
oral surgeon(dictionary)
reproductive surgeon(medicine)

alkanet (iou) and surgeon general (medicine)


alkanet (iou)



alkanet noun. ME.
[Colloq. Arab. al-anna(t) = classical Arab. al-inna' ALCANNA.]
A red dye obtained from the roots of certain plants of the genus Alkanna, of the borage family, esp. A. lehmannii. ME.
Any plant of the genus Alkanna; any of several related plants having roots which can be used in similar ways, esp. Anchusa officinalis of Europe, with violet or occas. yellow or white flowers. Also (more fully green alkanet, evergreen alkanet), a coarse blue-flowered Garden plant, Pentaglottis sempervivens, native to SW Europe. ME.

surgeon general (medicine)


surgeon General


The chief medical officer in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, or Public Health Service. In some foreign military Services any member of the medical corps who has the rank of General, not necessarily the chief medical officer.