"brain surgery" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-brain surgery.ogg [Australia] 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 Categories (topical): Neurosurgery 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 Disambiguation of Neurosurgery: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 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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