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
There are literal surgeons out all weekend long doing 25 doses of G and then going to perform open heart surgery.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 May 2026
But modern medicine is giving its reputation new life — as a tiny surgeon.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 May 2026
Doctors urgently referred her to HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's, where pediatric surgeon Steven Rothenberg performed a minimally invasive appendectomy.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 17 May 2026
The pair's characters met in the season 5 premiere in 2008 after Owen, an Army trauma surgeon fresh from Iraq, dramatically rescued Cristina following a freak icicle accident outside Seattle Grace Hospital.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 May 2026
But modern medicine is giving its reputation new life — as a tiny surgeon.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 May 2026
Doctors urgently referred her to HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's, where pediatric surgeon Steven Rothenberg performed a minimally invasive appendectomy.
—Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 17 May 2026
The pair's characters met in the season 5 premiere in 2008 after Owen, an Army trauma surgeon fresh from Iraq, dramatically rescued Cristina following a freak icicle accident outside Seattle Grace Hospital.
—Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surgeon
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Another physician, Patrick LaRochelle, 46, is thought to have been exposed through a second patient and is being flown from Congo to Bulovka Hospital, in the Czech capital, Prague, according to Serge.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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Entire dimensions of physician quality — judgment, communication, professionalism, leadership, resilience, bedside manner, decision-making under pressure — are dismissed as irrelevant ‘woke’ distractions.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Noun
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There are doctors, like anaesthetists, who want to do things to patients.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Yet doctors eventually assured her that physical activity for a recovering pediatric leukemia patient would be beneficial to his quality of life.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Recognizing her struggle, a nurse shared her own history of recovering from opioid addiction.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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Orbegoso said the hospice nurse went to work on papers in her car a block over after leaving the house, when their mail carrier approached her.—
Marissa Sulek,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surgeon. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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