Paget

American

[paj-it] / ˈpædʒ ɪt /

noun

Sir James, 1814–99, English surgeon and pathologist.

Paget Scientific

/ păj′ĭt /

British surgeon and researcher who was a pioneer of modern pathology. He discovered the cause of trichinosis in 1834, reported on diseases of the bones and joints, and described Paget's disease.

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At about midnight Gilder told Dan to stop the car on a quiet road behind the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

Fed up with school at age 15, she enrolled in the Evelyn Paget College of Hair and Beauty.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2024

“According to Monckton and others, such as Richard Kay, in Operation Paget, she would not have been inclined to accept a proposal.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Having returned to London in 1577, Byrd eventually moved out into Middlesex, close to a manor of his first Catholic patron, Lord Thomas Paget, amid a period of troubles for Catholics.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2023

The deerstalker hat was invented by a man called Sidney Paget, who did the illustrations for the original books.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

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