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surgeon

[sur-juhn] / ˈsɜr dʒən /


NOUN
medic
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NOUN
medic
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Off-screen, Carr calls out the weirdness of a plastic surgeon describing himself that way.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

"The whole effect was discovered by accident," explains Wong, a professor and surgeon at the University of California, Irvine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

A chief breast surgeon at Kaiser and another surgeon who had retired from that job both testified that the Kaiser physician assistant failed to follow the health system’s guidelines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Patients who lost weight on GLP-1s have recently come to Dr. Darren Smith, a plastic surgeon in New York, seeking to get rid of loose underarm skin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

It helped to be a wee disreputable when you were a young surgeon, especially when it came to materials for post-mortem dissection.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

UK surgeons tell us that, when they have seen patients with blepharoplasty complications over the past 12 months, those people have, in most cases, been treated abroad.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

A clinic might collect $10,000 or $20,000 for a procedure — but it also needs surgeons, nurses, real estate, marketing and a constant stream of new patients.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

Notably, 82% of the organization’s member surgeons reported receiving consultation requests related to GLP-1 use in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

After this he had gone to Europe to study under the most skilled surgeons and doctors in the western world.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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