Surgeon

A professional who performs surgery to correct deformities, repair injuries, prevent diseases, and improve function in patients. Responsibilities include: * Examines patient to ...

surgeon

Language; Dictionaries

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, ...

surgeon

Health care; Surgery

A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity via operative or manual methods to physically change body tissues. The definition of surgeon has begun to blur in recent years ...

orthopaedic surgeon

Health care; Arthritis

A physician who diagnoses, treats, manages the rehabilitation process and provides prevention protocols for patients who suffer from injury or disease in any of the components of ...

Afro-centric

Political systems; Slavery

A philosophical and theoretical perspective from an African point of view; it challenges Africa's philosophical, economical and cultural marginalization by the West.

Akan

Political systems; Slavery

Akan people are members of an ethnic group from areas of Ghana and the Ivory Coast, in West Africa, who share a common culture and language.

Albany Movement

Political systems; Slavery

On November 1, 1961, SNCC and the local NAACP tried to desegregate the train stations and bus depots in Albany, Georgia. Albany Police Chief Laurie Pritchett had the demonstrators ...

American Anti-Slavery Society

Political systems; Slavery

Organization founded in Philadelphia in 1833 by Theodore Weld, an evangelical Christian who was opposed to the more radical views of William Lloyd Garrison of Boston. This society ...

Americas

Political systems; Slavery

The two continents of north and south America and the surrounding islands.

anti-slavery

Political systems; Slavery

Used to describe a person, an action, or an idea that is against slavery.

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Floyd Mayweather

Born Floyd Sinclair on February 24, 1977, an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he won nine world titles in five ...