Surgicalist
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A surgeon who works exclusively in a hospital setting. US
"The two are being hired as surgicalists, a new term coined from the more common title surgical hospitalist. Both mean the same thing: doctors hired by hospitals to treat patients full time, replacing local physicians who work at the hospital on an “on-call” basis."
Example
More examples"The two are being hired as surgicalists, a new term coined from the more common title surgical hospitalist. Both mean the same thing: doctors hired by hospitals to treat patients full time, replacing local physicians who work at the hospital on an “on-call” basis."
Etymology
Blend of surgical + hospitalist.
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