plastic surgeon
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈplæstɪk ˈsɜrdʒərn/
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cirujano plástico
- After her accident, she consulted a plastic surgeon to repair her damaged face.
- performed by plastic surgeons
- practicing plastic surgeons
- general and plastic surgeons
I left, and now I've got like a bandage on my left temple, and I'm going over to the plastic surgeon's office to have it stitched up.
- I left, and now I've got like a bandage on my left temple, and I'm going over to the plastic surgeon's office to have it stitched up.
- The boss was a former plastic surgeon from Milan turned low end electronics importer.
- If you think about very well known plastic surgeons, especially those that utilize social media, there's one name that really comes to mind for me.
- And luckily, one of our neighbors at the time was a plastic surgeon at Hackensack, the Trauma One center that everyone wanted me to go to.
- OK, All I can think about is God, my plastic surgeon is fucking good.
- After you did all that work, You told me about a kid who was pre Med at Stanford who was on the track to becoming a plastic surgeon.
- There are the association for, I believe it's plastic surgeons, ASPC.
- OK, where, where the, the plastic surgeon goes in.
- You're a very impressive person and you're a but you're a plastic surgeon.
Examples
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She'd already arranged with Joan's plastic surgeon to take care of her face.
Fiction book (1998) -
But Dr. Lima is a plastic surgeon
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You need a Brazilian plastic surgeon.
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I'm a great plastic surgeon.
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The best plastic surgeons in the world are here, Ben.
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Dr. Taylor, you have something against plastic surgeons?
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Willy, you better see a plastic surgeon about your condition.
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He's a top plastic surgeon.
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To the majority of plastic surgeons, research findings are used to guide clinical practice.
Academic text (2012) -
My plastic surgeon doesn't want me doing any activity where balls fly at my nose.
Synonyms
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3.2
A doctor who performs operations to treat injuries or illnesses
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4.2
A doctor who does surgery to improve a person's appearance
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituent 'surgeon' makes the medical nature clear, but the adjective 'plastic' in everyday B1 knowledge usually refers to the synthetic material, so the specialized sense 'relating to molding or reconstructive surgery' is not directly obvious. Because there is a partial semantic link (plastic = mouldable) but a non-obvious technical shift requiring prior exposure or explanation, the item is partially predictable but not fully transparent to learners.
Etymology
The noun plastic surgeon comes from an older use of plastic meaning 'to shape', like soft clay. So a plastic surgeon is a doctor who 'repairs or changes the body' by reshaping skin and other parts.