plural surgeons
: a medical specialist who practices surgery : a physician trained and qualified to perform surgical procedures
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There were barrel racers slicing turns like poetry, bull riders gripping for glory, and calf ropers moving with the precision of surgeons.
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Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
For that, Journe turned to Ambroise Paré, a 16th-century barber surgeon and prosthetic limbs specialist, for inspiration.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
In the 1920s, Margery Crandon, the wife of a prominent Boston surgeon, was visited in séances by her brother Walter, who had died in a railway accident at age twenty-eight.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Khaled was briefly transferred to Ofer Prison, where Adnan al-Bursh, an orthopedic surgeon who once led Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, had died in 2024, after being tortured.
—Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
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Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
For that, Journe turned to Ambroise Paré, a 16th-century barber surgeon and prosthetic limbs specialist, for inspiration.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025
In the 1920s, Margery Crandon, the wife of a prominent Boston surgeon, was visited in séances by her brother Walter, who had died in a railway accident at age twenty-eight.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Khaled was briefly transferred to Ofer Prison, where Adnan al-Bursh, an orthopedic surgeon who once led Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital, had died in 2024, after being tortured.
—Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgeon. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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surgeon
noun
sur·geon
ˈsər-jən 
: a physician who specializes in surgery
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