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- noun Plural form of
surgeon .
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But the notion that an even greater infusion of money and personnel will turn those with below average capacities for high cognitive work into brain surgeons and corporate lawyers seems impractical.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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May 3, 2010, 4: 02 pm zuch says: clarice: But the notion that an even greater infusion of money and personnel will turn those with below average capacities for high cognitive work into brain surgeons and corporate lawyers seems impractical.
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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And by easy, I mean a monumental nearly impossible task that would take 16 men, seven women, four brain surgeons, duct tape, and a miracle to accomplish (less women than men because they are smarter ... and duct tape always comes in handy).
Michael N. Smith: A Reluctant Staff Michael N. Smith 2010
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Each of our attending pediatric surgeons is specially trained in this technique, and participates on the ECMO team with intensivists, perfusionists, nurses and respiratory therapists.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), pediatric surgery 2010
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Perhaps brain surgeons should travel less and concentrate on their profession.
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And by easy, I mean a monumental nearly impossible task that would take 16 men, seven women, four brain surgeons, duct tape, and a miracle to accomplish (less women than men because they are smarter ... and duct tape always comes in handy).
Michael N. Smith: A Reluctant Staff Michael N. Smith 2010
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To his shock, surgeons from the same team told him that not only was his appendix still inside him, but it had ruptured - a potentially fatal complication.
Health Reform | Obama's New Strategy, Democrats, Republicans 2009
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The more one reads the contemporary documents, the more evident it becomes that the category of medical practitioners called surgeons is a very large and fluid one.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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We're not talking about brain surgeons or airline pilots, either.
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SRI is collaborating with researchers and surgeons from the University of Cincinnati to evaluate the benefits of robotic surgery on air and space flights.
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