Usually means: Inner gelatinous core of intervertebral disc.
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  1. nucleus pulposus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (nucleus pulposus)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) The gel-like centre of an intervertebral disc.

Similar:
nucleotomy, neurocentrum, globus pallidus, nucleus, lenticular nucleus, endonucleus, nucleosol, nodulus, kernel, dentate nucleus, more...

Opposite:
annulus fibrosus, spinal disc, intervertebral disc

Phrases:
herniation of nucleus pulposus, nucleus pulposus pulpy nucleus, pulpy nucleus, nucleus pulposus, pulpy nucleus nucleus pulposus, pulpy nucleus nucleus pulposus, more...

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Similar:
nucleotomy, neurocentrum, globus pallidus, nucleus, lenticular nucleus, endonucleus, nucleosol, nodulus, kernel, dentate nucleus, more...

Opposite:
annulus fibrosus, spinal disc, intervertebral disc

Phrases:
herniation of nucleus pulposus, nucleus pulposus pulpy nucleus, pulpy nucleus, nucleus pulposus, pulpy nucleus nucleus pulposus, pulpy nucleus nucleus pulposus, nucleus pulposus cell, more...



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