Crossword clues for slipped disc
slipped disc
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of slipped disk English)
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]
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) in other situations.It can also refer to the following:
- A song by the Benny Goodman Sextet or the 1945 album on which it appears
- A song by Luke Vibert
- A 1965 episode of The Donna Reed Show
- An episode of Snoops, also known as "The Stolen Diskette"
- Slipped Disc Records, former record label of rock band Ten Hands
- Slipped Disc Records, a now-defunct yet very important record store in Valley Stream, New York
- A pseudonym for blogger and director Jason Scott Sadofsky, who is referred to as "The Slipped Disk".
- The English music writer Norman Lebrecht's blog
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.