brain surgery

• Procédure médicale extrêmement complexe et délicate pratiquée sur le cerveau ; également utilisée au sens figuré pour désigner toute tâche exigeant une précision, une intelligence ou une maîtrise extrêmes.

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.

1. Medical procedureB2formal

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

   chirurgie du cerveau

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

2. Metaphor for difficultyB2informal

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

   Chirurgie du cerveau (sens figuré)

   • 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.