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Answer for the clue "Spinal problem ", 12 letters:
slipped disc

Word definitions for slipped disc in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Slipped disc is most frequently used as an informal and misleading name for the medical condition known as spinal disc herniation (prolapsus disci intervertebralis) . While the spelling with a "c" is proper in anatomy, it is often spelled with a "k" (disk) ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Could it be a slipped disc ? ▪ He retired early from electrical work because of a slipped disc . ▪ He was only twenty-six and had just recovered from a slipped disc .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of slipped disk English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region [syn: herniated disc , ruptured intervertebral disc ]

Usage examples of slipped disc.

Probably just a slipped disc and possibly a broken bone or two in my hand.

I remembered something about back-trouble, a slipped disc or something: at parties he always chose an upright chair.

If he gets a hernia or a slipped disc, he's going to stay hurt a long time.

In particular her interpretation of the hesitation waltz Dundridge considered the probability of a slipped disc while her tango had threatened hernia.