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Record 1 2003-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

An enzyme made from the flesh of the papaya fruit ... sometimes used as an alternative to traditional disc surgery.... The physician inserts a stout needle into the nucleus or centre of the disc, then injects the chymopapain, which dissolves the nucleus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

[...] enzyme protéolytique que l'on extrait du latex brut de Carica papaya. [...] La chymopapaïne est injectée sous le disque intervertébral lombaire hernié (nucleus pulposus) où elle hydrolyse les protéines non collagéniques qui maintiennent la structure de la chrondromucoprotéine du nucleus pulposus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inyecciones, intubación y transfusiones (Medicina)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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