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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 surgeons
Soft robots equipped with advanced sensing could eventually help elderly users, assist caregivers, or support surgeons during minimally invasive procedures.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
While the patients were under general anesthesia, surgeons temporarily inserted thin probes into their hippocampus.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
Tseng suggests women review the pros and cons of each approach with their surgeons.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 1 May 2026
So in the meantime, surgeons from around the world have been flying to San Diego to observe surgery that uses the technology.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
In theory, multiple surgeons could all tap into the same first-person video feed and provide assistance for a surgery from anywhere in the world with internet access.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
Yang says surgeons today typically avoid aggressive treatment.
—Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Instead, it has been fully integrated into the practice’s comprehensive refractive program, allowing surgeons to match each patient with the procedure best suited to their anatomy and visual goals.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The surgeons did the hard part.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
While the patients were under general anesthesia, surgeons temporarily inserted thin probes into their hippocampus.
—Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 6 May 2026
Tseng suggests women review the pros and cons of each approach with their surgeons.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 1 May 2026
So in the meantime, surgeons from around the world have been flying to San Diego to observe surgery that uses the technology.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
In theory, multiple surgeons could all tap into the same first-person video feed and provide assistance for a surgery from anywhere in the world with internet access.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
Yang says surgeons today typically avoid aggressive treatment.
—Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Instead, it has been fully integrated into the practice’s comprehensive refractive program, allowing surgeons to match each patient with the procedure best suited to their anatomy and visual goals.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The surgeons did the hard part.
—Camila Gomez, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surgeons
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Because what most directly punishes American physicians for seeking mental health care sits on a state medical licensure application.—
Frances Mei Hardin,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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LPNs play a critical role by delivering day-to-day care, working closely with RNs and physicians to ensure continuity and consistency.—
Dawn Chery-Mangine,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Those decisions belong to patients and families, with guidance from their doctors.—
Kathi Rigby,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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Despite a viral online claim, scientists and doctors have repeatedly said the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin is not a proven treatment.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The giant operating room, with its other-worldly machines and too many doctors and nurses to count, lay on the other side of two glass doors, and next to me seven more nurses and doctors were scrubbing in.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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For the 21st consecutive year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is celebrating 10 of the region’s best nurses and one outstanding nurse leader.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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“Surgeons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surgeons. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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