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surgeon

[sur-juhn] / ˈsɜr dʒən /


NOUN
medic
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NOUN
medic
Synonyms




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Dr. Aaron Rollins, a celebrity plastic surgeon who was building a home on the island, got frustrated after four years of failed efforts to receive membership to the club.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

An eye surgeon says that fewer people have been seeking treatment for eye damage than after the UK's last total solar eclipse in 1999.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

And yet, we’re the first generation to receive a formal advisory on parental stress from the surgeon general.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Dr Yasser Adly Abdel Rahman, an NHS locum surgeon from Egypt, carried out the flawed emergency bowel procedure on a young man.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

“I do not want my parents to know of this. Do you understand? When you fetch the surgeon, order him to tell no one.”

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

In several markets reviewed by Elevance, surgeons performing spinal procedures are typically reimbursed $7,000 to $12,000, while out-of-network neurologists remotely monitoring them are winning upwards of $40,000 in arbitration.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

It’s hard not to feel some kind of sympathy for Max, who sustained a severe brain injury while he was incarcerated that required surgeons to install a metal plate in his skull.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

"Many beauticians often have a little too much freedom. They think they have learned and, without being surgeons, sometimes perform surgical procedures," Kyrgyz plastic surgeon Iskender Kachkinbayev told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

“I was familiar with the surgeons that had gone to Gaza and had testified,” she said.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

Even then he was lucky, for the rebels retreated and the field surgeons moved up immediately.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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