Definitions
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- noun neurosurgery A
surgeon specializing in brain surgery.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
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Examples
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Dr. Gupta, who performs double duty as a medical correspondent for CNN and a neurosurgeon, is a leading contender to fill the high-profile position in the Obama administration.
CNN Medical Correspondent as Surgeon General? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Dr. Gupta, who performs double duty as a medical correspondent for CNN and a neurosurgeon, is a leading contender to fill the high-profile position in the Obama administration.
CNN Medical Correspondent as Surgeon General? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The vice-principal lectures the youngster about how his career as a neurosurgeon is threatened unless he can learn to read at a grade seven level before he reaches university.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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Professor Alok Sharma, the chief neurosurgeon, is testing the hand-held brain scanner.
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When people hear the word neurosurgeon, most think brain surgeon.
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I called my neurosurgeon and he told me to stop doing the speed walking and wait till I am done with PT and once released from that I can try speed walking again.
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LONG: For someone like that, who is not a neurosurgeon, that is just amazing that they have the capability to do that!
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I was told to call my neurosurgeon right away and he told me to cancel my trip because he had to remove a huge tumour from inside my spine.
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I was told to call my neurosurgeon right away and he told me to cancel my trip because he had to remove a huge tumour from inside my spine.
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The neurosurgeon is the same one that implanted the device in 2004 and the surgery went well.
Dream Mom 2009
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