INTERVERTEBRAL DISC Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the phrase intervertebral disc. (close relations)
Definition of INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
disc
Best Alternative Words for INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
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cartilage | nounn | |||||||
noun • tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults | ||||||||
cushion | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses • the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle • a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. verb • protect from impact | ||||||||
disc | nounn | |||||||
noun • sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove • something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate • (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored • a flat circular plate | ||||||||
disk | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate • a flat circular plate • sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove • (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored verb • draw a harrow over (land) | ||||||||
spine | nounn | |||||||
noun • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord • any sharply pointed projection • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved • a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin | ||||||||
vertebra | nounn | |||||||
noun • one of the bony segments of the spinal column | ||||||||
intervertebral disk | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two) |