'Sawbones' definitions:
Definition of 'sawbones'
(from WordNet)
noun
A physician who specializes in surgery [syn: surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones]
Definition of 'Sawbones'
From: GCIDE
- Sawbones \Saw"bones`\, n. A nickname for a surgeon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sawbones'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allopath,
- allopathist,
- attending physician,
- coroner,
- country doctor,
- croaker,
- doc,
- doctor,
- Doctor of Medicine,
- family doctor,
- general practitioner,
- GP,
- house physician,
- intern,
- leech,
- MD,
- Md,
- medical,
- medical attendant,
- medical examiner,
- medical man,
- medical practitioner,
- medico,
- operative surgeon,
- operator,
- physician,
- physician in ordinary,
- resident,
- resident physician,
- surgeon