noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A surgeon specializing in brain surgery.

   "With considerable difficulty, Blake Taylor, the neurosurgeon who operated on her, stopped the bleeding."

2. 2
   someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

brain surgeonneurologist

Example

More examples

"You're not the only neurosurgeon here."

Etymology

From neuro- + surgeon.

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