# neurosurgery

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #35,427

## Definitions
1. The surgical discipline focused on treating those central and peripheral nervous system diseases.
2. Any surgical procedure performed on the nervous system, especially the brain.

## Etymology
From neuro- + surgery.

## Easily confused with
- **neurosurgeon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neurosurgeon-vs-neurosurgery)

## Common misspellings (18)
`enurosurgery`, `neruosurgery`, `neuorsurgery`, `neurosrugery`, `neurossurgery`, `neurosugrery`, `neurosuregry`, `neurosurgerry`, `neurosurgeryy`, `neurosurgeyr`, `neurosurggery`, `neurosurgrey`, `neurosurrgery`, `neurousrgery`, `neurrosurgery`, `neursourgery`, `nneurosurgery`, `nuerosurgery`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/neurosurgery