Synonyms for surgeon
ˈsɜr dʒənsur·geon

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1. surgeonnoun

   Synonyms:
   sawbones

2. surgeonnoun

   One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

   The surgeon refused to operate because the patient was her son.

   Synonyms:
   sawbones

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1. surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbonesnoun

   a physician who specializes in surgery

   Synonyms:
   sawbones, operating surgeon

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1. List of paraphrases for "surgeon":

   al-jarrah, surgeons, surgery, aesthetic, doctor, surg

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1. List of known nicknames for "Surgeon":

   The Surgeon, Anthony Child, Child, Anthony

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1. Lenny Bruce:

   I'm not a comedian. And I'm not sick. The world is sick, and I'm the doctor. I'm a surgeon with a scalpel for false values.

2. Mike Kelly:

   The surgeon general reframed the discussion [ about the opioid crisis ] to everyone who is at risk, not just people illicitly using drugs, he did n’t just talk about heroin, he talked about the use of opioids for chronic pain. Many of those prescriptions are at doses where patients are at risk.

3. Charles Fraser:

   What if that one surgeon is on vacation when a child takes a turn for the worse ? the margins of error can be so narrow with some children. I know I've rescued some of my colleagues' patients when they were on vacation or maybe just in the operating room with another case, and they've rescued mine.

4. Marshall Allen:

   The surgeon is the captain of the ship.

5. Jan Crawford:

   They have suffered and sacrificed the most, especially kids in underrepresented, at-risk communities. And now we have the surgeon general saying there's a mental health crisis among our kids, the risk of suicide attempts among girls now up 51% this year. Black kids nearly twice as likely as White kids to die by suicide.