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microdecompression

noun

Etymology

From micro- + decompression.

  1. derived from compressiō
  2. borrowed from compression
  3. prefixed as decompression — “de + compression”
  4. prefixed as microdecompression — “micro + decompression”

Definitions

  1. A minimally invasive surgical procedure in which a portion of a herniated nucleus…

    A minimally invasive surgical procedure in which a portion of a herniated nucleus pulposus is removed under magnification.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for microdecompression. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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