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neurosurgery definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves)

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1904 surgery of nervous structures (as nerves, the brain, or the spinal cord) • neurosurgeon noun • neurosurgical adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. surgery performed on the nervous system, esp. the brain and spinal cord. Derivatives: neurosurgeon n. neurosurgical adj.