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