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surgeon

noun as in medic

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noun as in medic

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noun as in physician

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“Would you go and say, ‘Let me find a brain surgeon who’s never done this before, but he’s bright and young and has great promise.’

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Dr. Roy Meals, a longtime hand surgeon, likes to move his feet.

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There we heard stories of late-night confrontations between bodysnatchers and police, and admired a carving of a dancing skeleton on a famous surgeon’s memorial.

The placid if slightly stupid day nurse is a cow; the surgeon has the head of a yapping terrier; the junior nurse is a “prancing kitten.”

A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to 100 high-power magnets he bought on Temu, forcing surgeons to remove tissue from his intestines, doctors said on Friday.

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