plural surgeons
: a medical specialist who practices surgery : a physician trained and qualified to perform surgical procedures
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Soika, a surgeon, unsuccessfully tried to book a rental car to get to Utah for a weekend trip before settling on an option that seemed straight out of Hollywood.
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Josh Funk, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2025
In an experimental procedure dubbed Prima, which the company has now performed on a few dozen people, surgeons working with the company implant a 2-mm-by-2-mm computer chip with 400 hexagonal electrodes directly on the spot in the retina that the AMD has destroyed.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Jessica Capshaw, who played beloved pediatrics surgeon Arizona Robbins, and Sarah Drew, who portrayed quirky trauma surgeon, confirmed on X in March 2018 that neither would be returning for season 15.
—Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
While she was being initially treated at a Pensacola hospital, multiple people — including friends of friends and the surgeon who amputated her hand — recommended Glenn Gaston, an orthopedic surgeon and director of the OrthoCarolina Hand Center.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2025
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Josh Funk, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2025
In an experimental procedure dubbed Prima, which the company has now performed on a few dozen people, surgeons working with the company implant a 2-mm-by-2-mm computer chip with 400 hexagonal electrodes directly on the spot in the retina that the AMD has destroyed.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Jessica Capshaw, who played beloved pediatrics surgeon Arizona Robbins, and Sarah Drew, who portrayed quirky trauma surgeon, confirmed on X in March 2018 that neither would be returning for season 15.
—Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
While she was being initially treated at a Pensacola hospital, multiple people — including friends of friends and the surgeon who amputated her hand — recommended Glenn Gaston, an orthopedic surgeon and director of the OrthoCarolina Hand Center.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgeon. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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surgeon
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sur·geon
ˈsər-jən 
: a physician who specializes in surgery
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