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sawbones
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sawbones has 1 sense
- sawbones(n = noun.person) operating surgeon, surgeon - a physician who specializes in surgery; Array has particulars: amputator, cosmetic surgeon, plastic surgeon, brain surgeon, neurosurgeon, beaumont, william beaumont, alexis carrel, carrel, cowper, william cowper, de bakey, michael ellis de bakey, gorgas, william crawford gorgas, baron lister, joseph lister, lister, james parkinson, parkinson, reed, walter reed
is a kind of doc, doctor, dr., md, medico, physician
THESAURUS
sawbones
Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, Md, allopath, allopathist, attending physician, coroner, country doctor, croaker, doc, doctor, family doctor, general practitioner, house physician, intern, leech, medical, medical attendant, medical examiner, medical man, medical practitioner, medico, operative surgeon, operator, physician, physician in ordinary, resident, resident physician, surgeon
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