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    RUPTURED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar regionplay

    Synonyms:

    herniated disc; ruptured intervertebral disc; slipped disc

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    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("ruptured intervertebral disc" is a kind of...):

    rupture (state of being torn or burst open)

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