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WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS
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• WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS (noun)
The noun WILLIAM CRAWFORD 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: WILLIAM CRAWFORD GORGAS used as a noun is very rare.
• WILLIAM CRAWFORD 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)
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