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spinal disc herniation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
spinal dis-c h-er-ni-a-tion
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medical condition affecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion to bulge out beyond the damaged outer rings.

Inflected Forms

spinal disc herniations (plural)

Synonyms

slipped disc. This term is misleading and is not medically accurate as the spinal discs are firmly attached between the vertebrae and cannot out of place.

Questions

What does spinal disc herniation mean?
A medical condition affecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion to bulge out beyond the damaged outer rings.

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