INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intervertebral disc mean? 

• INTERVERTEBRAL DISC (noun)
  The noun INTERVERTEBRAL DISC has 1 sense:

1. a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)

  Familiarity information: INTERVERTEBRAL DISC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERVERTEBRAL DISC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

intervertebral disc; intervertebral disk

Hypernyms ("intervertebral disc" is a kind of...):

disc; disk; saucer (something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate)

Holonyms ("intervertebral disc" is a part of...):

back; backbone; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord)

 Context examples 

Surgical excision of an intervertebral disc.

(Discectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration of a drug within a fibrocartilaginous intervertebral disc.

(Intradiscal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)