Disk herniation is when cartilage, called 'intervertebral disk' and found between each vertebra, slips out.
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Slips
/slɪps/
Synonyms for "slips" (22 found)
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11 entriesboat slipscotton slipsmemory slipssilk slipsslip hazardslip rateslipcaseslippageslips and fallsslips of the tongueslipstream
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What slips in and out of view in the background is the real estate slump of recent years.
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I use ordinary slips of paper as bookmarks.
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Her name often slips my memory.
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