neurolysis

[ noo-rol-uh-sis, nyoo- ]

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noun

Pathology.
1. disintegration of nerve tissue.
2. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
Surgery. separation of adhesions from a nerve fiber.

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Other Word Forms

�Ա��·��·��·�� [n, oo, r-, uh, -, lit, -ik, ny, oo, r-], adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of neurolysis¹

neuro- + -lysis

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These small joints can be precisely targeted by interventional radiologists or pain physicians either with injections using local painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs or, in patients with more persistent pain, by neurolysis, a procedure where the pain fibers are locally disrupted by thermal or chemical intervention.

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