neurosurgery

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ surgery

Noun

neurosurgery (countable and uncountable, plural neurosurgeries)

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

Derived terms

• neurosurgeon
• neurosurgical

Translations

surgical discipline focused on treating the nervous systems

• Catalan: neurocirurgia f
• Finnish: hermokirurgia
• French: neurochirurgie (fr) f
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• Irish: néar-mháinliacht f
• Portuguese: neurocirurgia f
• Russian: нейрохирургия (ru) f (nejroxirurgija)
• Spanish: neurocirugía (es) f

surgery of the brain

• Catalan: neurocirurgia f
• Finnish: neurokirurgia
• French: neurochirurgie (fr) f
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• Irish: néar-mháinliacht f
• Portuguese: neurocirurgia f
• Spanish: neurocirugía (es) f