🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

神経剥離術

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shinkei hakurijutsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Neurolysis/nʊˈrɒl.ɪ.sɪs/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"癒着した神経を解放するために神経剥離術が行われました。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The surgical freeing or liberation of a nerve from surrounding scar tissue or adhesions to restore function or relieve pressure.

    "The surgeon performed a neurolysis to release the median nerve trapped within the carpal tunnel."
  2. 2

    The destruction or ablation of nerve tissue, often used therapeutically to interrupt pain signals in chronic conditions.

    "Chemical neurolysis was utilized to manage the patient's intractable lower back pain."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, combining the combining form 'neuro-' meaning nerve (from Ancient Greek 'neuron', sinew or nerve) with '-lysis', meaning dissolution, release, or destruction (from Ancient Greek 'lysis', from lyein, to loosen). The term emerged in late 19th-century medical terminology to describe both the surgical freeing of a nerve from adhesions and the therapeutic destruction of nerve tissue to relieve chronic pain.

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