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NEUROSURGERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("neurosurgery" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)