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slipped disc
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
slipped disc
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.
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slipped disc

n. (alternative form of slipped disk English)

WordNet
slipped disc

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 (disambiguation)

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.