. . . . . . . . . . "NCI: A doctor who removes or repairs a part of the body by operating on the patient.,NCI: A physician who treats disease, injury, and deformity by operation or manipulation that involves gaining access to the patient's body by incisional access." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .