Phrase guide

slipped disc

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A vertebral disc that protrudes into the spinal canal, exerting pressure on spinal nerves and causing backache or sciatica.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rupture

History

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 腰椎間盤突出 /腰椎间盘突出 (yāozhuījiānpán tūchū) — protruding vertebral disc
  • Danish: diskusprolaps — protruding vertebral disc
  • Dutch: rughernia — protruding vertebral disc
  • Faroese: disklop — protruding vertebral disc
  • Finnish: välilevypullistuma — protruding vertebral disc
  • French: déplacement de vertèbre — protruding vertebral disc
  • German: Bandscheibenvorfall — protruding vertebral disc
  • Hungarian: porckorongsérv — protruding vertebral disc
  • Icelandic: brjósklos — protruding vertebral disc
  • Irish: teasc sciorrtha — protruding vertebral disc
  • Italian: ernia del disco — protruding vertebral disc
  • Japanese: 椎間板ヘルニア (tsuikanban herunia) — protruding vertebral disc
  • Latin: prolapsus disci invertebralis — protruding vertebral disc
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skiveprolaps — protruding vertebral disc
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skiveprolaps — protruding vertebral disc
  • Portuguese: disco deslocado — protruding vertebral disc
  • Swedish: diskbråck — protruding vertebral disc