Internist vs. Surgeon

Internistnoun

(medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.

Internistnoun

a specialist in internal medicine

Surgeonnoun

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

Surgeonnoun

A surgeonfish.

Surgeonnoun

One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.

Surgeonnoun

Any one of numerous species of chætodont fishes of the family Teuthidæ, or Acanthuridæ, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.

Surgeonnoun

a physician who specializes in surgery

Surgeon

In modern medicine, a surgeon is a physician who performs surgery. There are also surgeons in podiatry, dentistry, orthodontics, and veterinary medicine.