Definition

1. Noun:
   • Any surgical procedure involving the brain: This term refers to the branch of surgery or a specific operation that is performed on the brain tissue, its coverings (meninges), or its blood vessels to treat injury, disease, or other conditions.

Usage

• Brain surgery is a highly specialized medical field requiring extensive training.
• The phrase is often used metaphorically to describe a task perceived as extremely complex or requiring great skill, though this is an idiomatic extension and not the primary medical definition.

Examples

• The patient underwent brain surgery to remove a tumor.
• Advances in technology have made some forms of brain surgery less invasive.
• (Idiomatic use): Figuring out this new software isn't exactly brain surgery.

Advanced Usage

• "like brain surgery": Used in similes to emphasize that something is not very difficult.
  • Calm down, assembling this furniture is not like brain surgery.

Variants and Related Words

• Neurosurgery (n): The broader medical specialty of surgery on the nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord. is a major subset of neurosurgery.
• Craniotomy (n): A specific type of brain surgery that involves opening the skull.
• Neurosurgeon (n): A surgeon who specializes in operations on the brain and nervous system.

Synonyms

• Neurosurgical procedure: A more formal term for an operation on the brain or nerves.
• Intracranial surgery: Surgery performed inside the skull.

Related Idioms

• "It's not brain surgery": A common idiom meaning a task is not very complicated or difficult to understand.
  • You can do it; changing a tire is not brain surgery.

Noun

1. any surgical procedure involving the brain