RUPTURED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ruptured intervertebral disc mean? 

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

1. a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUPTURED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

herniated disc; ruptured intervertebral disc; slipped disc

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

rupture (state of being torn or burst open)