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Definition of Brain surgery
1. Noun. Any surgical procedure involving the brain.
Generic synonyms: Operation, Surgery, Surgical Operation, Surgical Procedure, Surgical Process
Definition of Brain surgery
1. Noun. Surgery on any part of the nervous system, especially the brain; neurosurgery. ¹
2. Noun. (uncountable idiomatic) Something that is overly complex, detailed or confusing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brain Surgery
Literary usage of Brain surgery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1919)
"As the percentage of malignancy in brain tumors is high (almost 80 per cent),
they naturally form a very discouraging part of brain surgery; then again, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1893)
"Surely any work on brain surgery at the present day which omits the consideration
of this important topic is in so far imperfect. ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"brain surgery. By M. Allen Starr, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Diseases of the Mind
and Nervous System, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, etc. ..."
4. Addresses and Other Papers by William Williams Keen (1905)
"VIVISECTION AND BRAIN-SURGERY.* TO "Harper's Magazine" for October, 1889, ...
In the present paper I propose to limit myself to brain surgery alone, ..."
5. The Surgery of the Ear by Samuel Joseph Kopetzky (1908)
"In Germany and on the Continent generally, an added impetus was given to brain
surgery by the excellent work of v. Bergmann (13) and Körner (14), ..."
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