plural surgeons
: a medical specialist who practices surgery : a physician trained and qualified to perform surgical procedures
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That changed when a head-and-neck surgeon put on a glove, poked the back of my wife’s throat and said one of her tonsils felt concerningly hard.
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Paul Thornton, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2025
She was horrified by this and wanted to create a space for people to find honest and balanced information—from someone who not only worked as a cancer surgeon, but fought it too.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
The series, toplined by Molly Parker, blends medical procedural elements with a larger mystery around a hard-charging surgeon, Dr. Amy Larsen, who suffers from an eight-year gap in her memory after a traumatic brain injury.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Human surgeons are expensive and prone to mistakes, so the big trend in the surgery room is towards robotics.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Paul Thornton, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2025
She was horrified by this and wanted to create a space for people to find honest and balanced information—from someone who not only worked as a cancer surgeon, but fought it too.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
The series, toplined by Molly Parker, blends medical procedural elements with a larger mystery around a hard-charging surgeon, Dr. Amy Larsen, who suffers from an eight-year gap in her memory after a traumatic brain injury.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Human surgeons are expensive and prone to mistakes, so the big trend in the surgery room is towards robotics.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgeon. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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surgeon
noun
sur·geon
ˈsər-jən 
: a physician who specializes in surgery
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