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Noun: slipped disc
  1. A painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
    "The MRI revealed a slipped disc in her lower back";
    - herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc

Derived forms: slipped discs

Type of: rupture

Encyclopedia: Slipped disc