slipped disc

noun

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

Similar
spinal disc herniationherniated discruptured intervertebral disc
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Meanings

nounslipped disc (plural slipped discs)

plural slipped discs · alternative slipped disk

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

    Synonyms: spinal disc herniation

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
spinal disc herniation

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
herniated discruptured intervertebral disc
Broader
rupture

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 腰椎間盤突出 /腰椎间盘突出
  • 腰椎間盤突出 /腰椎间盘突出 (yāozhuījiānpán tūchū)protruding vertebral disc
Danish diskusprolaps
  • diskusprolapsprotruding vertebral disc
Dutch rughernia
  • rugherniaprotruding vertebral disc
Finnish välilevypullistuma
  • välilevypullistumaprotruding vertebral disc
French déplacement de vertèbre
  • déplacement de vertèbreprotruding vertebral disc
German Bandscheibenvorfall
  • Bandscheibenvorfallprotruding vertebral disc
Hungarian porckorongsérv
  • porckorongsérvprotruding vertebral disc
Icelandic brjósklos
  • brjósklosprotruding vertebral disc
Irish teasc sciorrtha
  • teasc sciorrthaprotruding vertebral disc
Italian ernia del disco
  • ernia del discoprotruding vertebral disc
Japanese 椎間板ヘルニア
  • 椎間板ヘルニア (tsuikanban herunia)protruding vertebral disc
Latin prolapsus disci invertebralis
  • prolapsus disci invertebralisprotruding vertebral disc
Norwegian Bokmål skiveprolaps
  • skiveprolapsprotruding vertebral disc
Portuguese disco deslocado
  • disco deslocadoprotruding vertebral disc
Swedish diskbråck
  • diskbråckprotruding vertebral disc
Cite this entry
APA

slipped disc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slipped%20disc

MLA

“slipped disc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slipped%20disc. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slipped disc,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slipped%20disc.

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