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
Elon Musk now talks of robots intelligent enough to do the shopping and take the place of surgeons.
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Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Reviewing before and after photographs and speaking openly with the surgeon about goals and expectations can also help ensure a natural outcome.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Expected to recur next season is Austin Nichols who did a cameo at the end of the Season 7 finale as Eli, the pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon operating on Mel and Jack’s adopted newborn son who had worked with Mel during her time in Nurses Without Borders.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
New generations of workers, whether skilled tradespeople or surgeons and corporate lawyers, are also citizens.
—James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2026
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Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
Reviewing before and after photographs and speaking openly with the surgeon about goals and expectations can also help ensure a natural outcome.
—Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Expected to recur next season is Austin Nichols who did a cameo at the end of the Season 7 finale as Eli, the pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon operating on Mel and Jack’s adopted newborn son who had worked with Mel during her time in Nurses Without Borders.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
New generations of workers, whether skilled tradespeople or surgeons and corporate lawyers, are also citizens.
—James Cramer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surgeon
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Sawant, the owner of the testing company — and a proponent of leucovorin — fears that some physicians may interpret the FDA’s announcement as a reason to stop prescribing leucovorin.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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There are some instances when AI excels at identifying medical issues — in some studies, large language models have sometimes matched or even outperformed physicians on diagnostic reasoning tasks.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
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Some doctors diagnose the folate condition using a specialty laboratory test that isn't FDA-approved.—
MATTHEW PERRONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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People who test positive but have no symptoms likely have latent tuberculosis and should get a chest X-ray and see a doctor, since treatment can prevent active disease from developing.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Less than three weeks later, Alex Pretti, a nurse, was on the south side of Minneapolis filming agents with his cellphone.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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The bill exempts the unions that represent police officers, firefighters and corrections officers, whose leaders typically support Republicans, but also applies to unions that represent nurses and utility workers.—
Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surgeon. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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