English > surgeon: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A physician who specializes in surgery / surgery. |
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| Synonyms | operating surgeon, sawbones |
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| Instances | Beaumont, William Beaumont | United States surgeon remembered for his studies / studies of digestion (1785-1853) |
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| Carrel, Alexis Carrel | French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944) |
| Cowper, William Cowper | English surgeon who discovered Cowper's gland (1666-1709) |
| De Bakey, Michael Ellis De Bakey | United States heart surgeon who in 1966 implanted the first artificial heart in a human patient (born in 1908) |
| Gorgas, William Crawford Gorgas | United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920) |
| Lister, Joseph Lister, Baron Lister | English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912) |
| Parkinson, James Parkinson | English surgeon (1755-1824) |
| Reed, Walter Reed | United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) |
| Narrower | amputator | A surgeon who removes part or all of a limb |
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| cosmetic surgeon, plastic surgeon | A surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face) |
| neurosurgeon, brain surgeon | someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) |
| Broader | doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico | A licensed medical practitioner |
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| Spanish | cirujana, cirujano, matasanos |
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| Catalan | cirurgià |
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