HyperDic: ruptured_intervertebral_disc

English > 1 sense of the expression ruptured intervertebral disc:
NOUNstateruptured intervertebral disc, herniated disc, slipped disca painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae
English > ruptured intervertebral disc: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region.
Synonymsherniated disc, slipped disc
Broaderrupturestate of being torn or burst open
Spanishhernia de disco, hernia discal

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