as in physician
a medical professional who performs operations that involve cutting into someone's body in order to repair or remove damaged or diseased parts
a brain surgeon She worked as a surgeon for twenty years.
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Recent Examples of surgeon
According to the research team leader, Lin Xianfeng, an associate chief orthopedic surgeon at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital affiliated with the renowned Zhejiang University, the adhesive can achieve precise fixation within two to three minutes, even in a blood-rich environment.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Vaikunthan Rajaratnam, a nerve surgeon and UNESCO chair partner, claimed in a LinkedIn article, however, he’s been working to reverse engineer ChatGPT to actually sound like him.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician whose support was key to Kennedy’s final confirmation, and Senator John Barrasso, a surgeon and the number two Republican in the Senate, who rarely strays from the party line.
—ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Donna Adelson was arrested at Miami International Airport in 2023, one week after her oral surgeon son was found guilty in the case.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Vaikunthan Rajaratnam, a nerve surgeon and UNESCO chair partner, claimed in a LinkedIn article, however, he’s been working to reverse engineer ChatGPT to actually sound like him.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician whose support was key to Kennedy’s final confirmation, and Senator John Barrasso, a surgeon and the number two Republican in the Senate, who rarely strays from the party line.
—ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Donna Adelson was arrested at Miami International Airport in 2023, one week after her oral surgeon son was found guilty in the case.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surgeon
Noun
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After a while, the physician gestures and a man places a pot at Ellen’s feet.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Around the turn of the 19th century, a Viennese physician named Franz Joseph Gall proposed a new, and controversial, hypothesis about the human brain.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
19 Sep. 2025
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This includes reducing the documentation burden for doctors and cutting different types of paperwork that nurses have to do.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Abnormal liver function tests, otherwise known as LFTs, can prompt your doctor to check your liver more carefully.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Sophia's mother, Amy Forchas, a critical pediatric critical care nurse, was working in the intensive care unit of the hospital where her daughter was rushed, according to a GoFundMe campaign.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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In Singapore, Changi General Hospital currently has more than 80 robots helping doctors and nurses with everything from administrative work to medicine delivery.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surgeon. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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