1. A physician who specializes in surgery
   "The sawbones performed a delicate operation to remove the tumour";
   - surgeon, operating surgeon
    
2. A licensed medical practitioner
   "I felt so bad I went to see my sawbones";
   - doctor, doc [informal], physician, MD, Dr., medico [informal]

Derived forms: sawboneses

Type of: medic, medical practitioner

Part of: doctor-patient relation

Encyclopedia: Sawbones