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neurosurgeon

American  
[nyoo-roh-sur-juhn] / ˈnyʊ roʊˌsɜr dʒən /

noun

  1. a physician who specializes in neurosurgery.


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However, consultant neurosurgeon Peter Hamlyn says there is a lack of data in general in bare-knuckle boxing.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The two students killed were Ella Cook, vice president of Brown's Republican Party association, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, originally from Uzbekistan, who had hoped to become a neurosurgeon.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

It marked the moment Umurzokov set his goal of becoming a neurosurgeon, his older sister Rukhsora Umurzokova said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Meghan Murphy, M.D., a neurosurgeon at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, reviews eight common beliefs and explains what research and clinical experience actually show.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

Dr. Strauss is a psychiatrist and a neurosurgeon.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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