plural surgeons
: a medical specialist who practices surgery : a physician trained and qualified to perform surgical procedures
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Trauma surgeon Vernon Shatz was waiting for Guillory at UC Davis Medical Center.
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Darrell Smith
june 8, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
Actually, his surgery was 20 weeks earlier by ElAttrache, the Rams’ orthopedic surgeon, who has done some of the biggest procedures on 49ers’ stars over recent years.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Murphy was one of four Republicans competing for the GOP nomination — along with physician and surgeon Robert Lebovics, Army veteran and state trooper Richard Tabor, and political reporter Alex Zdan.
—Laura Fay, CBS News, 3 June 2026
His mother remarried a South African surgeon, and the family, including Douglas-Hamilton’s elder brother, moved to Cape Town.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
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Darrell Smith
june 8, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
Actually, his surgery was 20 weeks earlier by ElAttrache, the Rams’ orthopedic surgeon, who has done some of the biggest procedures on 49ers’ stars over recent years.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Murphy was one of four Republicans competing for the GOP nomination — along with physician and surgeon Robert Lebovics, Army veteran and state trooper Richard Tabor, and political reporter Alex Zdan.
—Laura Fay, CBS News, 3 June 2026
His mother remarried a South African surgeon, and the family, including Douglas-Hamilton’s elder brother, moved to Cape Town.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgeon. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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surgeon
noun
sur·geon
ˈsər-jən 
: a physician who specializes in surgery
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