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neurosurgeon

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for neurosurgeon.

Editorial note

Why is it you can hire a world-class nuclear physicist or neurosurgeon for less than a percent of what a CEO is paid?

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Quick take

A surgeon specializing in brain surgery.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A surgeon specializing in brain surgery.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for neurosurgeon.

noun

A surgeon specializing in brain surgery.

Example sentences

1

Why is it you can hire a world-class nuclear physicist or neurosurgeon for less than a percent of what a CEO is paid?

2

Although neurosurgery is no longer what it once was, the neurosurgeon’s loss has been the patient’s gain.

3

Don't assume that a general neurosurgeon at a big name hospital will be your best bet - getting a neurosurgeon who performs the kind of procedure you need at least once a week is going to be a far superior bet.

4

Doctors are all doctors, but there is a difference between a family doctor and a neurosurgeon.

5

He could have been a neurosurgeon with hands that steady, incredible detail on some of those.

6

By the third time my uncle (neurosurgeon, living in Europe) suggested she had Lyme.

7

If neurosurgeons got paid the same as tree surgeons, no one would become a neurosurgeon, it's too much work, too much stress.

8

I've practiced as a neurosurgeon for almost 15 years and earned an MBA from a prestigious school.

9

Sanjay Gupta, who is a neurosurgeon, did probably the best demonstration I've seen on why the CDC protocol failed.

10

As an experienced neurosurgeon, how many times he's donned and doffed this gear?

11

If you want to be a neurosurgeon, you must finish medical school.

12

If a neurosurgeon removes a benign tumor, then its business as usual.

Quote examples

1

If you want to be a neurosurgeon, you must finish medical school." Note that those are non-market jobs.

2

It's like the world's greatest Neurosurgeon posting his surgeries on youtube and saying "anyone can learn, come to my bootcamp!".

3

Instead of open surgery, a catheter and wire is passed through a needle in the patient’s groin into the femoral artery and fed upwards into the aneurysm by a radiology doctor–not a neurosurgeon–and the aneurysm is blocked off from the inside rather than clipped off from the outside." Wow.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use neurosurgeon in a sentence?

Why is it you can hire a world-class nuclear physicist or neurosurgeon for less than a percent of what a CEO is paid?

What does neurosurgeon mean?

A surgeon specializing in brain surgery.

What part of speech is neurosurgeon?

neurosurgeon is commonly used as noun.