Sawbones

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  • noun. A physician, especially a surgeon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A surgeon.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A nickname for a surgeon.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A surgeon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a physician who specializes in surgery
  • Word Usage
    "My regular sawbones is out of town, so I'm seeing someone new."
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    Md  doc  doctor  dr  medico  
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    Doctor of Medicine  GP  MD  Md  allopath