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SLIPPED DISC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
Synonyms:
herniated disc; ruptured intervertebral disc; slipped disc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("slipped disc" is a kind of...):
rupture (state of being torn or burst open)
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