WordNet
herniated disc
n. a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region [syn: ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disc]
Usage examples of "herniated disc".
Unfortunately the Pickax refrigeration specialist had gone camping in northern Canada, and the only other serviceman in the county was hospitalized with a herniated disc.
Probably a herniated disc, which is the result of degenerative changes not uncommon in a man my age.