SINCE 1828
chemonucleolysis
noun
che·mo·nu·cle·ol·y·sis
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-ˌn(y)ü-klē-ˈäl-ə-səs
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plural chemonucleolyses\-ˌsēz
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Medical Definition of chemonucleolysis
: treatment of a slipped disk by the injection of chymopapain to dissolve the displaced nucleus pulposus
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