neurosurgery

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ surgery

Noun

neurosurgery (countable and uncountable, plural neurosurgeries)

(neurology, surgery, uncountable) The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases.
(neurology, surgery, countable) Any surgical procedure performed on the nervous system, especially the brain.
Hyponym: brain surgery

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Translations

surgical discipline focused on treating the nervous systems

Catalan: neurocirurgia f
Finnish: hermokirurgia
French: neurochirurgie (fr) f
German: Neurochirurgie (de) f
Hungarian: idegsebészet (hu)
Irish: néar-mháinliacht f
Portuguese: neurocirurgia (pt) f
Russian: нейрохирурги́я (ru) f (nejroxirurgíja)
Spanish: neurocirugía (es) f

surgery of the brain

Catalan: neurocirurgia f
Finnish: neurokirurgia
French: neurochirurgie (fr) f
German: Hirnchirurgie f
Irish: néar-mháinliacht f
Portuguese: neurocirurgia (pt) f
Russian: нейрохирурги́я (ru) f (nejroxirurgíja)
Spanish: neurocirugía (es) f

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