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CERVICAL DISC SYNDROME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cervical disc syndrome mean?
• CERVICAL DISC SYNDROME (noun)
The noun CERVICAL DISC SYNDROME has 1 sense:
1. an abnormal condition resulting from compression of spinal nerve roots in the neck region; involves neck pains and muscular weakness and paresthesia
Familiarity information: CERVICAL DISC SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CERVICAL DISC SYNDROME (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal condition resulting from compression of spinal nerve roots in the neck region; involves neck pains and muscular weakness and paresthesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
cervical disc syndrome; cervical root syndrome
Hypernyms ("cervical disc syndrome" is a kind of...):
syndrome (a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease)
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