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gorgas

 

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Noun gorgas has 1 sense
  1. Gorgas, William Crawford Gorgas - United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920)
    --1 is a kind of surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones

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Gorgas

Description:

Gorgas can refer to different meanings depending on the context:

Noun - Person:

A gorgas refers to an attractive or beautiful person.

Example sentence: She's a gorgas, everyone turns their heads when she walks by.

Noun - Mythology:

In Greek mythology, Gorgas refers to one of the three monstrous sisters who had snakes for hair.

Example sentence: Perseus defeated the gorgon Medusa, one of the Gorgas.

Adjective:

When used as an adjective, gorgas means very beautiful or stunning.

Example sentence: The sun painted the sky a gorgas shade of orange during the sunset.

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