Search Result for "ruptured_intervertebral_disc":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region;
[syn: herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disc]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ruptured intervertebral disc
    n 1: a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between
         spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
         [syn: herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc,
         slipped disc]