chemonucleolysis

[kee-moh-noo-klee-ol-uh-sis, -nyoo-, kem-oh-]

che·mo·nu·cle·ol·y·sis

[kee-moh-noo-klee-ol-uh-sis, -nyoo-, kem-oh-]
noun
treatment for a herniated spinal disk in which chymopapain is injected into the disk to dissolve tissue.

Origin:
chemo- + nucleo- + -lysis
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Chemonucleolysis has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
given to using long words.
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chemonucleolysis che·mo·nu·cle·ol·y·sis (kē'mō-n&oomacr;'klē-ŏl'ĭ-sĭs, -ny&oomacr;'-, kěm'ō-)
n.
The enzymatic dissolution of the pulpy nucleus by injection of chymopapain, used in the treatment of intervertebral disk lesions.

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