SURGEONS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

surgeons

noun

plural of surgeon

as in physicians

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 The surgeons who rebuild knees, replace hips, and fuse spines for a living have, over decades of practice, developed a set of personal habits that don’t look much like the wellness advice the rest of us hear. —

Angela Haupt, Time, 15 May 2026 Some surgeons place a drain under the platysma to guard against salivary leaks. —

Jolene Edgar, Allure, 14 May 2026 Pediatric trauma surgeons say last year's deadly mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School and Church in south Minneapolis still keeps them up at night. —

Esme Murphy, CBS News, 12 May 2026 Passengers are isolating in their cabins and teams of doctors, surgeons, nurses and laboratory specialists in protective gear are aboard the ship. —

Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 Eight weeks later, surgeons removed the eye and then replaced it with a prosthetic. —

Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026 Soft robots equipped with advanced sensing could eventually help elderly users, assist caregivers, or support surgeons during minimally invasive procedures. —

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

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The legal agreement also compels TCH to fire multiple physicians who performed these procedures, revoke their privileges, and never hire or credential such doctors.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2026
Texas Children’s Hospital must also pay the state $10 million and five physicians had their medical licenses revoked as part of the settlement, the result of the state Attorney General Office’s investigation into the facility.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2026