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che•mo•nu•cle•ol•y•sis
(kē′mō no̅o̅′klē ol′ə sis, -nyo̅o̅′-, kem′ō-),USA pronunciation n.
- Medicinetreatment for a herniated spinal disk in which chymopapain is injected into the disk to dissolve tissue.
- chemo- + nucleo- + -lysis