SURGEONS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

surgeons

noun

plural of surgeon

as in physicians

a medical professional who performs operations that involve cutting into someone's body in order to repair or remove damaged or diseased parts a brain surgeon She worked as a surgeon for twenty years.

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Recent Examples of surgeons The bullet shattered his femur and left countless bullet fragments that surgeons were unable to remove. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Oncology surgeons say patients are generally cleared to fly after three weeks, provided their recovery allows. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 After undergoing thoracic surgery Tuesday, during which surgeons removed the lower lobe of the pope’s right lung, examination of the tissue confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, or lung cancer, according to the Vatican. — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 In some cases, surgeons might even do surgeries called a segmentectomy, or a wedge resection, which takes less tissue than one of the five lobes of a lung, to preserve more lung function. — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026 Repair typically requires specialist surgeons to manually suture the nerve ends with a needle, but patients risk suffering further nerve trauma and often don’t meaningfully recover, says Tissium co-founder Maria Pereira. — Dominque Mosbergen, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 No, James Wolk and Jen Landon are our recurring guest surgeons right now. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Once the hallmark of bikers, sailors, and general riff-raff, tattoos have become far more mainstream, decorating the bodies of everyone from teachers to lawyers to world-class surgeons. — Mike McRae 09, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026 Wait times swell as patients are transferred to other facilities, and primary care is affected as surgeons and other specialists lose their workplaces. — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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The health non-profit supports research to develop new treatments for the benefit of physicians and other healthcare professionals and their patients.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
First-Time Patients Are Getting Younger The census asked physicians for the average age of their patients at their first surgery.

— William Jones, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

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The statement made no mention of treatment going forward, and the Vatican said doctors were not currently speaking of chemotherapy or other therapies.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Joshi and other doctors are calling for additional training to help surgeons understand how AI alters facial images, its anatomical limitations and its potential psychological effects on patients.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026

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Social workers, nurses, therapists, and home health aides provide care that depends not simply on technical skill, but on empathy, dignity, and compassion.

— Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
The high amount of overtime at the mental health department is related mainly to nurses working at the state’s mental health hospitals, Whiting and Connecticut Valley Hospital, which are both in Middletown.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

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