neurosurgery
noun
neu·ro·sur·gery
ˌnu̇r-ō-ˈsər-jə-rē 
-ˈsərj-rē,
ˌnyu̇r-
: surgery of nervous structures (such as nerves, the brain, or the spinal cord)
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The Incas had advanced calendars and ceramics as well, and perfected a type of neurosurgery, likely to treat skull wounds suffered in battle, among other ailments.
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Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
This year, the survey and subsequent ranking will cover the best hospitals across 12 medical fields: cardiology, cardiac surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, neurosurgery, pediatrics, pulmonology, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, orthopedics and urology.
—Newsweek Rankings, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
In Japan, for example, the country’s Society of Psychiatry and Neurology passed a resolution against psychiatric neurosurgery in 1975.
—Frieda Klotz, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Doctors had performed neurosurgery in a dental chair and amputations on the ground, Sultan said.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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Sam Kean, The Atlantic, 26 May 2025
This year, the survey and subsequent ranking will cover the best hospitals across 12 medical fields: cardiology, cardiac surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, neurology, neurosurgery, pediatrics, pulmonology, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, orthopedics and urology.
—Newsweek Rankings, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
In Japan, for example, the country’s Society of Psychiatry and Neurology passed a resolution against psychiatric neurosurgery in 1975.
—Frieda Klotz, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Doctors had performed neurosurgery in a dental chair and amputations on the ground, Sultan said.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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neurosurgery
noun
neu·ro·sur·gery
-ˈsərj-(ə-)rē
plural neurosurgeries
: surgery of nervous structures (as nerves, the brain, or the spinal cord)
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