"brain surgery" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-brain surgery.ogg Forms: brain surgeries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} brain surgery (usually uncountable, plural brain surgeries)
  1. (countable, uncountable, literal) Surgery on the brain or, loosely, any part of the nervous system. Tags: countable, uncountable, usually Synonyms: neurosurgery Derived forms: rocket surgery Translations (surgery): aivoleikkaus (Finnish), Gehirnchirurgie [feminine] (German), agysebészet (Hungarian), нейрохирурги́я (nejroxirurgíja) [feminine] (Russian), cirugía cerebral [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-brain_surgery-en-noun-BfkGF5HX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Neurosurgery Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Neurosurgery: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'surgery': 83 17
  2. (uncountable, idiomatic, hyperbolic, chiefly in the negative) Anything overly complex, detailed, or confusing. Tags: excessive, idiomatic, uncountable, usually Synonyms: rocket science, rocket surgery
    Sense id: en-brain_surgery-en-noun-OFQlEx5j Categories (other): English hyperboles, English negative polarity items, English litotes Disambiguation of English litotes: 33 67

Inflected forms

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