surgeon
Noun
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A physician who specializes in surgery (synset 110698621)
subtypes:
- 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)
specific instances:- 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)
same as: operating surgeon, sawbones
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