plural surgeons
: a medical specialist who practices surgery : a physician trained and qualified to perform surgical procedures
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When the world’s best heart surgeon is found dead with someone else’s blood on his scrubs, the man to solve the mystery has to be Dr. Emmett Trowbridge, aka Alden Parker (Gary Cole).
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
By Hardeep Dhillon / Made by History April 23, 2024 9:00 AM EDT
One hundred and five years ago, in April 1919, Mani Ram, a middle-aged dental surgeon, frantically ran to one of his son's favorite play areas.
—TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
Imagine a brain surgeon who didn’t learn from each operation?
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Having watched his supervisor, Dr. Rhoads, a revered surgeon, perform technically flawless surgeries on each of them, Dudrick concluded their deaths were his fault.
—Andrew Chapman, Longreads, 18 Apr. 2024
It was named in 1902 for orthopedic surgeon Robert Jones, who first described the injury after suffering it while dancing.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
In the case of the mini facelift, those might be at the earlobe, behind the ear, and into the hairline, but the surgeon should make painstaking efforts that these are as undetectable as possible.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Apr. 2024
Meet Our Experts Charla Fischer, MD, is the chief of orthopedics for Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion and an orthopedic surgeon at NYU Langone’s Spine Center.
—L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
In 1941, surgeons convinced the Kennedy patriarch, Joseph Kennedy, of the need for a newfangled medical procedure: a lobotomy.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
Sara Netzley, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
By Hardeep Dhillon / Made by History April 23, 2024 9:00 AM EDT
One hundred and five years ago, in April 1919, Mani Ram, a middle-aged dental surgeon, frantically ran to one of his son's favorite play areas.
—TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
Imagine a brain surgeon who didn’t learn from each operation?
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Having watched his supervisor, Dr. Rhoads, a revered surgeon, perform technically flawless surgeries on each of them, Dudrick concluded their deaths were his fault.
—Andrew Chapman, Longreads, 18 Apr. 2024
It was named in 1902 for orthopedic surgeon Robert Jones, who first described the injury after suffering it while dancing.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
In the case of the mini facelift, those might be at the earlobe, behind the ear, and into the hairline, but the surgeon should make painstaking efforts that these are as undetectable as possible.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 17 Apr. 2024
Meet Our Experts Charla Fischer, MD, is the chief of orthopedics for Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion and an orthopedic surgeon at NYU Langone’s Spine Center.
—L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
In 1941, surgeons convinced the Kennedy patriarch, Joseph Kennedy, of the need for a newfangled medical procedure: a lobotomy.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgeon. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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surgeon
noun
sur·geon
ˈsər-jən 
: a physician who specializes in surgery
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