INTERVERTEBRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intervertebral mean? 

• INTERVERTEBRAL (adjective)
  The adjective INTERVERTEBRAL has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to the space between two vertebrae

  Familiarity information: INTERVERTEBRAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERVERTEBRAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to the space between two vertebrae

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

vertebra (one of the bony segments of the spinal column)

 Context examples 

Also called: Slipped Disk, Bulging disk, Compressed disk, Herniated intervertebral disk, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Prolapsed disk, Ruptured disk, Slipped disk

(Herniated Disk, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Surgical excision of an intervertebral disc.

(Discectomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration of a drug within a fibrocartilaginous intervertebral disc.

(Intradiscal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

Example(s): celom, thoracic cavity, lesser sac of peritoneum, cavity of right atrium, lumen of blood vessel, mediastinum, anterior compartment of forearm, intervertebral foramen.

(Body Space, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)