SAWBONES

surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones

(noun) a physician who specializes in surgery

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sawbones (plural sawbones or sawboneses)

(slang) A surgeon.

Anagrams

• snowbase

Source: Wiktionary


Saw"bones`, n.

Definition: A nickname for a surgeon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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