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noun someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English surgeon English neurosurgeon From neuro- + surgeon.
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