INTERVERTEBRAL DISK


Meaning of INTERVERTEBRAL DISK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌin-tər-ˈvər-tə-brəl-, -(ˌ)vər-ˈtē- ]

noun

Date: circa 1860

: any of the tough elastic disks that are interposed between the centra of adjoining vertebrae and that consist of an outer fibrous ring enclosing an inner pulpy nucleus

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.