Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ruptured_intervertebral_disc

1 sense of ruptured intervertebral disc

Sense 1
herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disc -- (a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region)
       => rupture -- (state of being torn or burst open)