plural surgeons
: a medical specialist who practices surgery : a physician trained and qualified to perform surgical procedures
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He was taken to Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank, California, but surgeons there were unable to save him.
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Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
To access a lesion in the patient’s hippocampus, a surgeon had removed the tissue from their left anterior temporal lobe, a part of the brain thought to play a role in our memory of objects, people, words and facts.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
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Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
To access a lesion in the patient’s hippocampus, a surgeon had removed the tissue from their left anterior temporal lobe, a part of the brain thought to play a role in our memory of objects, people, words and facts.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgeon. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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surgeon
noun
sur·geon
ˈsər-jən 
: a physician who specializes in surgery
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