sawbones

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: saw=bones

CIDE DICTIONARY

sawbones, n. 

 A nickname for a surgeon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sawbones, n. sl. a doctor or surgeon.

THESAURUS

sawbones

Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, Md, allopath, allopathist, attending physician, coroner, country doctor, croaker, doc, doctor, family doctor, general practitioner, house physician, intern, leech, medical, medical attendant, medical examiner, medical man, medical practitioner, medico, operative surgeon, operator, physician, physician in ordinary, resident, resident physician, surgeon