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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
Many of them endured catastrophic wounds that would have killed or maimed them in Israel's past wars, Israeli combat medics and surgeons say.
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Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Therefore, researchers note that surgeons will need training to use the tool effectively and consistently before it can be applied in human procedures.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
The surgeons injected the gene therapy, which included DNA delivered by an inactivated virus vector, coding for instructions to turn off production of the huntingtin protein.
—Alice Park, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
The teams include surgeons, an anesthesiologist, nurses and technicians, all serving as volunteers and paying their own expenses.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Williams was rushed to the operating room, where surgeons removed about six feet of his intestines.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Randle said the Digestive Care Center at Orange Coast Medical Center has recently expanded its team and capacity access to include new gastroenterologists and sub-specialized foregut surgeons, while continuing to be a leader in advanced endoscopy capabilities.
—Jessica Peralta, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Each twin had their own dedicated team of surgeons, anesthesiologists and nursing staff that were set to take care of them both on the day of the surgery.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Daniel Estrin, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Therefore, researchers note that surgeons will need training to use the tool effectively and consistently before it can be applied in human procedures.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
The surgeons injected the gene therapy, which included DNA delivered by an inactivated virus vector, coding for instructions to turn off production of the huntingtin protein.
—Alice Park, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
The teams include surgeons, an anesthesiologist, nurses and technicians, all serving as volunteers and paying their own expenses.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Desperate, and one of the few surgeons in the world skilled enough to take this job, Maggie enters his realm of unspeakable opulence and fulfills her end of the agreement.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Williams was rushed to the operating room, where surgeons removed about six feet of his intestines.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Randle said the Digestive Care Center at Orange Coast Medical Center has recently expanded its team and capacity access to include new gastroenterologists and sub-specialized foregut surgeons, while continuing to be a leader in advanced endoscopy capabilities.
—Jessica Peralta, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Each twin had their own dedicated team of surgeons, anesthesiologists and nursing staff that were set to take care of them both on the day of the surgery.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surgeons
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Sepsis among children is a very difficult and elusive problem for physicians to diagnose and treat, with almost 10% of cases being missed in the emergency room.—
Dr. Marc Siegel , Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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About a third of H-1B workers are nurses, teachers, physicians, scholars, priests and pastors, according to the lawsuit.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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Ascension Wisconsin patients insured by UnitedHealthcare are scrambling to find new doctors or rearrange their health care plans, after contract negotiations between the health system and insurer failed.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The conjoined twins, originally born in Mexico, have defied odds through the years and have lived far past doctors' expectations, PEOPLE previously reported.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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When the office said yes, the nurses drove toward the heavy black smoke.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The tool aims to streamline patient intake while reducing burdens on nurses and doctors, enhancing quality of care.—
Sasha Hupka,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Surgeons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surgeons. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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