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slipped disc

noun

B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A condition in which the soft centre of a spinal disc pushes out and presses on a nerve.

The MRI confirmed a slipped disc at the L5 to S1 level.

Similar: herniated disc, prolapsed disc

Topic: Musculoskeletal in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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