slipped disc

slipped disc
noun
a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
• Hypernyms: ↑rupture

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slipped disc see ↑disc
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Main Entry: ↑slip

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slipped disc UK [ˌslɪpt ˈdɪsk] US noun [countable] [singular slipped disc plural slipped discs] medical
a painful medical condition affecting your back, in which one of the parts that connect the bones in your spine has moved out of its usual place
Thesaurus: specific medical conditionshyponym general words for illnesses, diseases and medical conditionssynonym

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slipped disk or slipped disc «slihpt»,
the loosening of an intervertebral disk, causing painful pressure on the spinal nerves: »

Slipped disc…is the most common of all types of rheumatism (Science News Letter).

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(also slipped disk) n. a vertebral disc that is displaced or partly protruding, pressing on nearby nerves and causing back pain or sciatica. See disk noun sense 2

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(also chiefly US slipped disk) noun, pl ⋯ discs also chiefly US ⋯ disks [count]
medical : an injury to the spine in which one of the connecting parts between the bones slips out of its proper position and causes back pain

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ˌslipped ˈdisc [slipped disc] noun
a painful condition caused when one of the discs between the bones of the ↑spine in a person's back moves out of place

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