surgeon+dentist

  • 11sea surgeon — Surgeon Sur geon, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See {Chirurgeon}.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12dentist — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. D.D.S., dental practitioner, dental specialist, tooth yanker*, jawsmith*, ivory carpenter*, bridge man*; see also doctor 1 . Types of dentists include: dental surgeon, oral surgeon, maxillofacial surgeon, extractionist,… …

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  • 13Surgeon — A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity by operative or manual methods. A medical doctor specialized in the removal of organs, masses and tumors and in doing other procedures using a knife (scalpel). The definition of a surgeon has… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 14surgeon — physician, doctor, surgeon The normal word for a medical practitioner in general contexts is doctor (abbreviated as a title to Dr). Physician is familiar from the proverb Physician, heal thyself (Luke 4:23) and has the same range of meaning as… …

    Modern English usage

  • 15dentist — One whose profession is to clean and extract teeth, repair them when diseased, and replace them, when necessary by artificial ones; one sometimes said to be a surgeon practicing upon teeth. 41 Am J1st Phys & S § 2 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 16dental surgeon — noun a dentist qualified to perform surgical procedures • Hypernyms: ↑dentist, ↑tooth doctor, ↑dental practitioner * * * ˈdental surgeon [dental surgeon] noun ( …

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  • 17dental surgeon — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms dental surgeon : singular dental surgeon plural dental surgeons formal a dentist …

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  • 18oral surgeon — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms oral surgeon : singular oral surgeon plural oral surgeons a dentist whose job is to perform operations on people s mouths and teeth …

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  • 19oral surgeon — noun : one that specializes in oral surgery * * * oral surgeon UK US noun [countable] [singular oral surgeon plural oral surgeons] a dentist whose job is to perform operations on people’s mouths and teeth …

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  • 20oral surgeon — noun (C) 1 a dentist who performs operations in the mouth 2 AmE a dentist …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English