neurosurgery

[ noor-oh-sur-juh-ree, nyoor- ]

noun

1. surgery of the brain or other nerve tissue.

neurosurgery

/ ˌnjʊərəʊˈsɜːdʒərɪ /

noun

1. the branch of surgery concerned with the nervous system

neurosurgery

/ nr′ō-sûr′jə-rē /

1. Surgery on any part of the nervous system, such as the brain or spinal cord.

Derived Forms

• ˌneuroˈsurgically, adverb
• ˈneuroˌsurgeon, noun
• ˌneuroˈsurgical, adjective

Other Words From

• neu·ro·sur·geon [n, oo, r-oh-, sur, -j, uh, n, ny, oo, r-], noun
• neuro·surgi·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of neurosurgery¹

First recorded in 1900–05; neuro- + surgery

Example Sentences

Only years later would the Dallas district attorney’s office discover through a search of hospital records that although a typical neurosurgery resident completes about 1,000 operations during their training, Duntsch had actually done fewer than 100.

From Time

I was back in my practice residency at Michigan, and then came to Atlanta to take a job in neurosurgery and ran into Tom Johnson.

From Ozy

This “lucid interval” is found in nearly half of all cases of epidural hematoma (Bullock, Neurosurgery, 2006).

From The Daily Beast

"That's a very unusual finding," says Dr. Keith Black, chairman of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

From The Daily Beast

He is chief of the neurosurgery department and professor of the neurosurgery.

From Project Gutenberg