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Noun: barber-surgery
  1. (formerly) the occupation or practice of a barber practising surgery and dentistry.
    "Paradoxically, formal recognition of master surgeons led to expansion of French barber-surgery because physicians supported the barbers in an attempt to mitigate the increasing influence of the surgeons of the long robe."

Type of: craft, trade

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