intervertebral disc

1. 1.

   a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)

   Synonymsintervertebral disk

   Broaderdisk

   Part ofspinal column

Questions about intervertebral disc

What does intervertebral disc mean?

intervertebral disc means "a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)".

What is another word for intervertebral disc?

Close synonyms include intervertebral disk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.