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NUCLEUS PULPOSUS

\njˈuːklɪəs pˈʌlpɒsəs], \njˈuːklɪəs pˈʌlpɒsəs], \n_j_ˈuː_k_l_ɪ__ə_s p_ˈʌ_l_p_ɒ_s_ə_s]\

Definitions of NUCLEUS PULPOSUS

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The remnant of the notochord in the adult in man and other mammalia; it appears as a pulpy mass at the center of the intervertebral fibrocartilages.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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