brain surgery

A highly complex and delicate medical procedure performed on the brain; also used figuratively to describe any task that requires extreme precision, intelligence, or skill.

• 🇪🇸Procedimiento médico de alta complejidad y delicadeza realizado en el cerebro; también se usa en sentido figurado para referirse a cualquier tarea que exige precisión extrema, inteligencia o habilidad.

1. Medical procedure B2 formal

   A surgical operation performed on the brain to treat conditions such as tumors, aneurysms, or injuries.

   • The patient underwent brain surgery to remove the tumor.
   • Brain surgery requires a highly skilled neurosurgeon.
   • Recovery from brain surgery can take several months.

   🇪🇸cirugía cerebral

2. Metaphor for difficulty B2 informal

   Used informally to describe something that is extremely complex or difficult to understand or do.

   • This math problem isn't brain surgery, just focus.
   • You don't need to be a genius to fix this; it's not brain surgery.
   • He acts like rocket science is brain surgery.

   🇪🇸cirugía cerebral