Diseases

Intervertebral Disc Displacement

An INTERVERTEBRAL DISC in which the NUCLEUS PULPOSUS has protruded through surrounding ANNULUS FIBROSUS. This occurs most frequently in the lower lumbar region.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

An INTERVERTEBRAL DISC in which the NUCLEUS PULPOSUS has protruded through surrounding ANNULUS FIBROSUS. This occurs most frequently in the lower lumbar region.

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Synonyms

62 entry terms
  • Disc Herniation
  • Disc Protrusion
  • Disc, Herniated
  • Disk Herniation
  • Disk Prolapse
  • Disk Protrusion
  • Disk, Herniated
  • Herniated Disc
  • Herniated Disk
  • Intervertebral Disc Herniation
  • Intervertebral Disc Protrusion
  • Intervertebral Disk Displacement
  • Intervertebral Disk Herniation
  • Intervertebral Disk Protrusion
  • Prolapsed Disc
  • Prolapsed Disk
  • Protruded Disc
  • Protruded Disk
  • Slipped Disc
  • Slipped Disk
  • Disc Displacement, Intervertebral
  • Disc Herniations
  • Disc Protrusion, Intervertebral
  • Disc Protrusions
  • Disc Protrusions, Intervertebral
  • Disc, Prolapsed
  • Disc, Protruded
  • Disc, Slipped
  • Discs, Protruded
  • Disk Displacement, Intervertebral
  • Disk Herniations
  • Disk Prolapses
  • Disk Protrusion, Intervertebral
  • Disk Protrusions
  • Disk, Prolapsed
  • Disk, Protruded
  • Disk, Slipped
  • Herniated Discs
  • Herniated Disks
  • Herniation, Disc
  • Herniation, Disk
  • Herniation, Intervertebral Disc
  • Herniation, Intervertebral Disk
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacements
  • Intervertebral Disc Herniations
  • Intervertebral Disc Protrusions
  • Intervertebral Disk Displacements
  • Intervertebral Disk Herniations
  • Intervertebral Disk Protrusions
  • Prolapse, Disk
  • Prolapsed Discs
  • Prolapsed Disks
  • Prolapses, Disk
  • Protruded Discs
  • Protruded Disks
  • Protrusion, Disc
  • Protrusion, Disk
  • Protrusion, Intervertebral Disc
  • Protrusion, Intervertebral Disk
  • Protrusions, Intervertebral Disk
  • Slipped Discs
  • Slipped Disks

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific vertebrae; therapy by chemonucleolysis = INTERVERTEBRAL DISC CHEMOLYSIS: see note there; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION is also available

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Tree Numbers

  1. C05w.116w.900w.307w
  2. C23.300.707w.952w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intervertebral Disc Displacement. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007405. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007405
  2. Intervertebral Disc Displacement. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_herniation
  3. Intervertebral Disc Displacement. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q697117