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BRAIN SURGEON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brain surgeon mean?
• BRAIN SURGEON (noun)
The noun BRAIN SURGEON has 1 sense:
1. someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
Familiarity information: BRAIN SURGEON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
brain surgeon; neurosurgeon
Hypernyms ("brain surgeon" is a kind of...):
operating surgeon; sawbones; surgeon (a physician who specializes in surgery)
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