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surgeon

[sur-juhn] / ˈsɜr dʒən /


NOUN
medic
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NOUN
medic
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The expert medical panel that Anderson heads up with Sachin Malde, a London-based consultant urological surgeon, is planning to deliver its official definition of chronic UTI in 2027.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

A former deputy surgeon general, Schwartz was confirmed by the Senate to lead the country’s premier public health agency in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Social isolation among older adults also accounts for about $6.7 billion in excess Medicare spending a year, largely due to increased hospital and nursing-facility spending, according to the 2023 surgeon general’s report.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

And I thought, ‘Wow, my surgeon doesn’t know about alpha-gal.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Incorrect: Miraculously we watched as the surgeon operated with a plastic spoon.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

In addition, all accredited centres must have named gynaecologists, specialist nurses, colorectal surgeons, urologists and radiologists with time dedicated in their rota for endometriosis care at least six times a year.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Once surgeons started using robots for more of the precision work of cutting and separating tissue, though, Beane found residents got 10 to 20 times less hands-on practice during such procedures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

When he finally woke up, in an intensive care unit in Oklahoma City, about 90 miles northeast of Comanche, he learned that surgeons had removed 13 inches of his small intestine during emergency surgery.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Zoo veterinarians worked with surgeons from the University of Liverpool's Small Animal Teaching Hospital to remove the mass and preserve as much of the foot as possible.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

I worry that the surgeons won’t get it right and Erin will have to walk with a limp, or even worse.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick




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