SURGEON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surgeon mean? 

• SURGEON (noun)
  The noun SURGEON has 1 sense:

1. a physician who specializes in surgery

  Familiarity information: SURGEON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURGEON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A physician who specializes in surgery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon

Hypernyms ("surgeon" is a kind of...):

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surgeon"):

amputator (a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb)

cosmetic surgeon; plastic surgeon (a surgeon who beautifies the body (especially the face))

brain surgeon; neurosurgeon (someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain))

Instance hyponyms:

Beaumont; William Beaumont (United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853))

Alexis Carrel; 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))

Baron Lister; Joseph Lister; Lister (English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912))

James Parkinson; Parkinson (English surgeon (1755-1824))

Reed; Walter Reed (United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902))

 Context examples 

A surgeon that specializes on surgery of the head and neck.

(Head and Neck Surgeon, NCI Thesaurus)

General surgeons treat diseases of the abdomen, breast, head and neck, blood vessels, and digestive tract.

(General surgery, NCI Dictionary)

During a transplant, the surgeon places the new kidney in your lower abdomen and connects the artery and vein of the new kidney to your artery and vein.

(Kidney Transplantation, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

And White Fang won out on the one chance in ten thousand denied him by the surgeon.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Sometimes the surgeon also removes part of the chest wall muscles.

(Modified radical mastectomy, NCI Dictionary)

Excellent! You should have been a surgeon.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A surgeon who specializes in treating diseases and disorders of the eyes.

(Eye Surgeon, NCI Thesaurus)

In seconds, surgeons will know what part of the tissue to extract, how much to cut, and what not to touch so healthy tissue is not damaged.

(New Invention Detects Cancer in Seconds, VOA/Elizabeth Lee)

So, the researchers are working with surgeons to put in an artery that will bring more blood the new kidney.

(Scientists Create Functioning Kidney Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Your surgeon can tell you how you might feel and what you will be able to do - or not do - the first few days, weeks, or months after surgery.

(After Surgery, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research)