Definition of neurosurgery in English:
neurosurgery
noun ˈnjʊərəʊˌsəːdʒəriˈn(j)ʊroʊˌsərdʒəri
mass nounSurgery performed on the nervous system, especially the brain and spinal cord.
Example sentencesExamples
- These techniques sometimes require the input of other surgical disciplines such as neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
- Heparin also is used to treat arterial and venous clotting and prevent formation of venous clots in patients who require neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery and in trauma cases.
- Autopsy rates were the highest for fetal and pediatric deaths, and the lowest for neurology / neurosurgery and general surgery deaths.
- Up to 7,500 patients have already been treated, some of them going to the North or Britain for procedures including neurosurgery and plastic surgery.
- In this unit, care is primarily provided for all surgical patients except those who have undergone cardiac surgery or neurosurgery.
Definition of neurosurgery in US English:
neurosurgery
nounˈn(j)ʊroʊˌsərdʒəriˈn(y)o͝orōˌsərjərē
Surgery performed on the nervous system, especially the brain and spinal cord.
Example sentencesExamples
- These techniques sometimes require the input of other surgical disciplines such as neurosurgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
- Up to 7,500 patients have already been treated, some of them going to the North or Britain for procedures including neurosurgery and plastic surgery.
- Autopsy rates were the highest for fetal and pediatric deaths, and the lowest for neurology / neurosurgery and general surgery deaths.
- In this unit, care is primarily provided for all surgical patients except those who have undergone cardiac surgery or neurosurgery.
- Heparin also is used to treat arterial and venous clotting and prevent formation of venous clots in patients who require neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery and in trauma cases.