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    INTERVERTEBRAL DISK

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)play

    Synonyms:

    intervertebral disc; intervertebral disk

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("intervertebral disk" is a kind of...):

    disc; disk; saucer (something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate)

    Holonyms ("intervertebral disk" is a part of...):

    back; backbone; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord)

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