🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

神经保留

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shén jīng bǎo liú

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nerve-preservation/nɜːv ˌprɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这项手术的核心在于神经保留。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The surgical technique or practice of avoiding damage to nerves during an operation to maintain bodily function and sensation.

    "The surgeon emphasized the importance of nerve-preservation during the prostatectomy to ensure a faster recovery of urinary and sexual function."
  2. 2

    The biological safeguarding of neural tissue from degeneration or injury.

    "Recent pharmacological studies focus on nerve-preservation strategies in neurodegenerative diseases."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English 'nerve' (from Old French 'nerf', ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snēwr-, meaning sinew or tendon) combined with 'preservation' (from Latin 'praeservatio', from praeservare, meaning to keep safe before). Formed in late 20th-century medical terminology to describe advanced surgical techniques aimed at maintaining neurological function.

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