surgeon

noun

Definition of surgeonnext
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 Marius, approaching 50, is a big doctor in this provincial city, not just a surgeon but the director of the hospital, and a man who prides himself on his directness and honesty. — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026 Their father, David, who played football at Dartmouth and became an orthopedic surgeon, welcomed the competition. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 This week in 1865, Joseph Lister became the first surgeon to perform an antiseptic operation with liberal use of carbolic acid (phenol) as a disinfectant. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2026 The individual surgeon who holds the punch tool, who studies your scalp under magnification, who decides where each graft goes—that person can have a significant influence on your result. — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for surgeon
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  1. physician
  2. doctor
  3. nurse
Noun
  • Responding to calls for improved nutrition education for physicians, these stores could partner with city hospitals to provide continuing education to clinicians.
    — Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Dr Jacqueline Brady is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports medicine and is the team physician for the Thorns and Fire.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of physician
Noun
  • A lot of great people — doctors, nurses, administration — who really, really cared.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Merck and Moderna’s success with a personalized cancer vaccine designed to keep melanoma at bay opens a ​new avenue of treatment that doctors hope will work against many types of tumors.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of doctor
Noun
  • The high amount of overtime at the mental health department is related mainly to nurses working at Whiting and Connecticut Valley Hospital, both in Middletown.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • You were born in Cleveland, your mother’s a nurse, and your dad’s a tattoo artist?
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surgeon. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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