neurosurgeon

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥

Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der.

Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron)

Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der.

English neuro-

English surgeon

English neurosurgeon

From neuro- + surgeon.

Noun

neurosurgeon (plural neurosurgeons)

1. A surgeon specializing in brain surgery.
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     With considerable difficulty, Blake Taylor, the neurosurgeon who operated on her, stopped the bleeding.

Related terms

• neurosurgery
• neurosurgical

Translations

brain surgeon

• Belarusian: нейрахіру́рг m (njejraxirúrh)
• Catalan: neurocirurgià m
• Czech: neurochirurg m
• Dutch: neurochirurg (nl) m
• Finnish: neurokirurgi
• French: neurochirurgien (fr) m, neurochirurgienne (fr) f
• Galician: neurocirurxián m
• German: Neurochirurg (de) m, Neurochirurgin (de) f
• Hungarian: idegsebész (hu)
• Irish: néar-mháinlia m
• Italian: neurochirurgo (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nevrokirurg m

  Nynorsk: nevrokirurg m

• Polish: neurochirurg (pl) m
• Portuguese: neurocirurgião (pt) m, neurocirurgiã (pt) f
• Romanian: neurochirurg (ro) m
• Russian: нейрохиру́рг (ru) m or f (nejroxirúrg)
• Spanish: neurocirujano (es) m, neurocirujana f
• Swedish: neurokirurg (sv) c
• Turkish: nörocerrah
• Ukrainian: нейрохіру́рг m (nejroxirúrh)