resectionistn.
/rᵻˈsɛkʃn̩ɪst/, /rᵻˈsɛkʃənɪst/, U.S. /rəˈsɛkʃ(ə)nəst/, /riˈsɛkʃ(ə)nəst/ Surgery.
A surgeon or physician who performs resections, esp. (in later use) by endoscopic techniques.
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bone-setter?1518
circumciser1535
bronchotomist1670
acupuncturist1839
tenotomist1842
orthopaedist1853
plastic surgeon1863
resectionist1863
cephalotomist1869
amputator1882
brain surgeon1888
tracheotomist1891
neurosurgeon1925
face-lifter1928
plastician1928
psychosurgeon1945
orthopod1960
transplanter1970
1863 Med. Times & Gaz. 5 Sept. 241/1 Though we are, to use a conventional term, resectionists, the operation has been performed but twice.
1934 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 24 Feb. 648/1 Transurethral resection..can be done by competent resectionists in more than 95 per cent of obstructions [of the prostate].
1972 J. P. Mitchell Princ. Transurethral Resection & Haemostasis xxvii. 225 This cumbersome attachment to the normal resectoscope impedes the resectionist.
2006 Urology 67 82/1 Its risk looms large in the mind of the resectionist and anesthetist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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