surgeon
Americannoun
noun
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a medical practioner who specializes in surgery
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a medical officer in the Royal Navy
Etymology
Origin of surgeon
1250–1300; Middle English surgien < Anglo-French, alteration of Old French cirurgien chirurgeon
Example Sentences
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Both teenagers are now living with their tumours as neither can be removed by surgeons due to their position in the brain.
From BBC
She needed three operations, with surgeons using five screws to keep her back in one piece.
From BBC
Summaiya Syed, Karachi's police surgeon, said six bodies had been transferred to the city's Civil Hospital as well as some of the injured.
From BBC
That structure keeps the company close to surgeons and hospitals.
From Barron's
There’s no one reason that people choose surgery over medicine, but surgeons say most, if not all, of their patients first tried an injectable GLP-1.
From MarketWatch
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