Diseases

Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Degenerative changes in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISC due to aging or structural damage, especially to the vertebral end-plates.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Degenerative changes in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISC due to aging or structural damage, especially to the vertebral end-plates.

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Synonyms

30 entry terms
  • Degenerative Disc Disease
  • Disc Degeneration
  • Disc Degradation
  • Disk Degeneration
  • Disk Degradation
  • Intervertebral Disk Degeneration
  • Degeneration, Disc
  • Degeneration, Disk
  • Degeneration, Intervertebral Disc
  • Degeneration, Intervertebral Disk
  • Degenerative Disc Diseases
  • Degradation, Disc
  • Degradation, Disk
  • Disc Degeneration, Intervertebral
  • Disc Degenerations
  • Disc Degradations
  • Disc Disease, Degenerative
  • Disk Degeneration, Intervertebral
  • Disk Degenerations
  • Disk Degradations
  • Intervertebral Disc Degenerations
  • Intervertebral Disk Degenerations
  • Degenerative Intervertebral Discs
  • Degenerative Intervertebral Disks
  • Degenerative Intervertebral Disc
  • Degenerative Intervertebral Disk
  • Disc, Degenerative Intervertebral
  • Disk, Degenerative Intervertebral
  • Intervertebral Disc, Degenerative
  • Intervertebral Disk, Degenerative

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific vertebrae (IM); INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT is also available

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History Note

2012 (2010)

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Previous Indexing

  • Intervertebral Disk (1951-2009)
  • Intervertebral Disk Displacement (1952-2009)

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Tree Number

  1. C05w.116w.900w.153w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055959. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055959
  2. Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerative_disc_disease
  3. Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11773731