Neurosurgery

Definition: Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Noun

1. Any surgery that involves the nervous system (brain or spinal cord or peripheral nerves).

Specialty Definitions: Neurosurgery

Domain	Definitions
Health	A surgical specialty concerned with the treatment of diseases and disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral and sympathetic nervous system. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Neurosurgery

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating the central and peripheral nervous system.

Neurosurgeons undergo a rigorous training program consisting of 6-7 years post-graduate study after medical school.

Neurosurgical conditions include primarily brain and spinal cord disorders.

Some of the most common conditions treated by neurosurgeons include:

Lumbar disc herniation
Cervical disc herniation
Malignant brain tumors

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Neurosurgery."

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Crosswords: Neurosurgery

Specialty definitions using "neurosurgery": craniopharyngioma ♦ Evoked Potentials, Motor. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Neurosurgery

Domain	Title
Books	Comprehensive Neurosurgery Board Review (reference) Fundamentals of Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery (reference) Handbook of Neurosurgery (reference) Neurosurgery Board Review: Questions and Answers for Self-Assessment (reference) Neurosurgery, 3-Volume Set (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Contemporary Neurosurgery (reference) Excerpta Medica - Section 8 Neurology And Neurosurgery (reference) Neurosurgery Clinics Of North America (reference) Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Min (reference) Journal Of Neurosurgery : Spine (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Photo Album: Neurosurgery

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	History of Neurosurgery : An Exhibit at the National Library of Medicine, In cooperation with the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Medical Officers of the U.S. Army in Training in Neurosurgery in the Mayo Foundation with Officers Responsible for Instructions.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Neurosurgery

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. (references)
		The EC/IC bypass study showed that controlled and randomized clinical trials are possible in the field of neurosurgery. (references)
		Damage to the pituitary gland can be caused by different diseases as well as by head injuries, neurosurgery, or genetic disorders. (references)
Business		Private hospitals provide a comprehensive array of services including open heart surgery, neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Neurosurgery

"Neurosurgery" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Neurosurgery" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	11	106,044

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Neurosurgery

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
neurosurgery	290
journal neurosurgery	49
pediatric neurosurgery	26
call neurosurgery	22
neurosurgery job	9
michigan neurosurgery	6
microscope neurosurgery	6
neurosurgery residency	6
chicago institute neurosurgery	6
neurosurgery online	5
neurosurgery product	5
neurosurgery toronto university	4
american board neurosurgery	4
neurosurgery online.com	4
chicago institute neuroresearch neurosurgery	4
neurosurgery ucla	4
department neurosurgery	4
neurosurgery services	4
houston neurosurgery	4
cleveland clinic neurosurgery	4
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Modern Translations: Neurosurgery

Language		Translations for "neurosurgery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		神经外科学. (various references)

Danish		neurokirurgi (neuro-surgery), kirurgiske nervesygdomme (neuro-surgery). (various references)

Dutch		neurochirurgie (neuro-surgery). (various references)

French		neurochirurgie (neuro-surgery). (various references)

German		Neurochirurgie (neuro-surgery). (various references)

Greek		νευροχειρουργική (neuro-surgery). (various references)

Italian		neurochirurgia (neuro-surgery). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		神経外科 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		し�"けい�'か. (various references)

Pig Latin		eurosurgerynay

Portuguese		neurocirurgião (neurosurgeon), neurocirurgia (neuro-surgery, neurotic). (various references)

Romanian		neurochirurgie. (various references)

Russian		нейрохирургия. (various references)

Spanish		neurocirugía (neuro-surgery). (various references)

Swedish		neurokirurgi. (various references)

Ukranian		нейрохірургія. (various references)
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Misspellings: Neurosurgery

Misspellings
	"Neurosurgery" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nuerosurgery. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Neurosurgery"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "neurosurgery" (pronounced nuh'rōser"jerē)
5	-s er" j er ē	surgery.
4	-er" j er ē	perjury.
3	-j er ē	drudgery, forgery, gingery, injury, menagerie.
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Anagrams: Neurosurgery

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-g-n-o-r-r-r-s-u-u-y"
	-4 letters: eryngoes, generous, gruyeres, guernsey, youngers.
	-5 letters: ensurer, eryngos, grouser, groynes, gruyere, gurneys, gyrenes, nursery, resurge, roguery, surgeon, surgery, younger.
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