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Intervertebral Disk Chemolysis

Medical Definition:	The dissolving of the nucleus pulposus of a displaced intervertebral disk, usually by the direct injection of a proteolytic enzyme, especially chymopapain, into the diseased disk.
Guide Notes:	do not use /util except by MeSH definition; coord IM with specific substance /ther use (usually CHYMOPAPAIN) if particularly discussed
Previously Indexed:	Chymopapain (1975-1986),Intervertebral Disk Displacement (1966-1986)

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