plastic surgeon

noun

: a specialist in plastic surgery

Examples of plastic surgeon in a Sentence

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Not even Salley’s plastic surgeon, who is removing both of her breast implants as well as her extraneous e, could fix this mess. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025 Nicole and her husband, renowned plastic surgeon Ted Richardson (Maurice Johnson), are surrogate parents to Ted’s nephew, Andre Richardson (Sean Freeman), a handsome and flirty photographer whose parents died in a plane crash. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025 But soon word got out that a young plastic surgeon had found a way to drastically reduce the recovery time needed to get work done on your neck. Shikhar Sachdev, thehustle.co, 21 Feb. 2025 The episode has plenty of filler too, like a sketch pairing the South African bishop Desmond Tutu (Murphy) and the Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie (Hall), as well as Short playing the great-niece of Jerry Lewis, a plastic surgeon’s receptionist. James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plastic surgeon

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of plastic surgeon was in 1863

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“Plastic surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plastic%20surgeon. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

plastic surgeon

noun
: a surgeon skilled in plastic surgery

Medical Definition

plastic surgeon

noun
: a specialist in plastic surgery

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