Meanings
nounbrain surgery (usually uncountable, plural brain surgeries)
plural brain surgeries
- countableuncountableusuallyliteralSurgery on the brain or, loosely, any part of the nervous system.
Synonyms: neurosurgery
- excessiveidiomaticuncountableusuallyAnything overly complex, detailed, or confusing.
It's not brain surgery. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.
Synonyms: rocket science, rocket surgery
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSurgery on the brain or, loosely, any part of the nervous system.
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nounAnything overly complex, detailed, or confusing.
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Translations
Dutch hersenchirurgie
- hersenchirurgiesurgery
Finnish aivoleikkaus
- aivoleikkaussurgery
German Gehirnchirurgie
- Gehirnchirurgiesurgery
Hungarian agysebészet
- agysebészetsurgery
Polish neurochirurgia
- neurochirurgiasurgery
Russian нейрохирурги́я
- нейрохирурги́я (nejroxirurgíja)surgery
Spanish cirugía cerebral
- cirugía cerebralsurgery
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APA
brain surgery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain%20surgery
MLA
“brain surgery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain%20surgery. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brain surgery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain%20surgery.
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