neurosurgery

English

Etymology

From neuro- +‎ surgery.

Pronunciation

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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 nervous system, especially the brain.

   Hyponym: brain surgery

Derived terms

• neurosurgeon
• neurosurgical

Related terms

• neuroimaging
• neuroimplant
• neurology
• neuropathy
• neuroright
• neuroscience
• neurotechnology

 

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
• Vietnamese: phẫu thuật thần kinh, ngoại thần kinh

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