English Explanatory Dictionary

neurosurgery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases.
  2. Any surgical procedure performed on the nervous system, especially the brain.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

neurosurgery neurosurgeries

Etymology

From neuro- + surgery.

Related words

neuroimaging neuroimplant neurology neuropathy neuroright neuroscience neurotechnology

Derived words

endoneurosurgery microneurosurgery neurosurgeon neurosurgical

Translations

Catalan: neurocirurgia Dutch: neurochirurgie Finnish: hermokirurgia French: neurochirurgie Georgian: ნეიროქირურგია German: Neurochirurgie Hungarian: idegsebészet Irish: néar-mháinliacht Portuguese: neurocirurgia Russian: нейрохирурги́я Spanish: neurocirugía Tajik: асабҷарроҳӣ Vietnamese: phẫu thuật thần kinh Vietnamese: ngoại thần kinh
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