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brain surgery vs psychosurgery

psychosurgery vs brain surgery

brain surgery and psychosurgery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
brain surgery Yes No No No
psychosurgery Yes No No No
As nouns, psychosurgery is a hyponym of brain surgery; that is, psychosurgery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than brain surgery:
  • brain surgery: any surgical procedure involving the brain
  • psychosurgery: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
Other hyponyms of brain surgery include split-brain technique.
brain surgery (noun) psychosurgery (noun)
any surgical procedure involving the brain brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
Difference between brain surgery and psychosurgery

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