neurolysis

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

noun

1. Pathology.

   1. disintegration of nerve tissue.

   2. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.

2. Surgery.,  separation of adhesions from a nerve fiber.

Other Word Forms

• neurolytic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of neurolysis¹

neuro- + -lysis

Example Sentences

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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