"brain surgery" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-brain surgery.ogg Forms: brain surgeries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} brain surgery (usually uncountable, plural brain surgeries)
  1. Surgery on any part of the nervous system, especially the brain; neurosurgery. Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: rocket surgery Translations (surgery): aivoleikkaus (Finnish), neurochirurgie [feminine] (French), Gehirnchirurgie [feminine] (German), agysebészet (Hungarian), нейрохирурги́я (nejroxirurgíja) [feminine] (Russian), cirugía cerebral [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brain_surgery-en-noun-sB-OW7Bt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Neurosurgery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Neurosurgery: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'surgery': 100 0
  2. (uncountable, idiomatic, hyperbolic, chiefly in the negative) Something that is overly complex, detailed or confusing. Tags: excessive, idiomatic, uncountable, usually Synonyms: rocket science Synonyms (something complex and confusing): rocket science Translations (something complex): raketvidenskab [common-gender] (Danish), hogere wiskunde [feminine] (Dutch), agysebészet (Hungarian), física cuántica [feminine] (Spanish), máster [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brain_surgery-en-noun-8YdV802J Categories (other): English hyperboles, English negative polarity items Disambiguation of 'something complex and confusing': 1 99 Disambiguation of 'something complex': 0 100

Inflected forms

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