Definitions for "Disc herniation"
a "leaking" of a portion of the jelly-like material between two vertebrae, and occurs most frequently in the third to fifth decades of life
a rupture and/or bulge of a interverterbral disc
a rupture and/or bulge of an interverterbral disc
General term that describes either disc prolapse, protrusion, or extrusion. (See herniated intervertebral disc.)
a protrusion of the inner core of disc material beyond the confines of the disc space to compress on the lumbar nerve root(s)
disruption to the normal integrity of the intervertebral disc.