disc

[disk]

(astronomy)

disk

DISC

[disk]

(engineering)

differential scatter

disc

i. The imaginary surface swept by the rotor blades during their rotation.
ii. That portion of the compressor or the turbine to which blades are attached.

disc

(storage, spelling)

British spelling of "disk", normally only used for "compact disc".

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disc

An alternate spelling for disk with a "k." Some computer manufacturers use this spelling for magnetic disks, but "disc" usually refers to optical media, such as CDs and DVDs.

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Disc ("c") refers to pure optical media, and disk ("k") refers to magnetic hard disks and floppy disks as well as to disks that use a combination of magnetic and optical technologies (see magneto-optic disk).

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We also calculated two specific indicators for the vertebral body / intervertebral disk assembly, namely: the relative disk-vertebral index and the disk-vertebral angle index.

Anatomic-Imaging Correlations of Lumbar Disk-Vertebral Morphometric Indices/Correlaciones Anatomopatologicas de los Indices Morfometricos Disco-Vertebral Lumbar

Because the treatment principle of PLLD is based on the concept of the intervertebral disk being a closed hydraulic system, only contained herniations can be expected to respond to reduction of intradiscal pressure.

Current evidence of minimally invasive spine surgery in the treatment of lumbar disc herniations

Incidence and risk factors of herniated lumbar intervertebral disk or sciatica leading to hospitalization.

Cigarette smoking dose as a predictor of need for surgical intervention in patients with lumbar disk herniation

The indications to repeated operations after removal of intervertebral disk hernia in the patients with lumbar osteochondrosis were the following:

Orthopedic aspects of surgical treatment of patients with lumbar osteochondrosis

Ecchordosis physaliphora are ectopic, extraosseous notochordal lesions of embryologic origin, similar to notochordal vestiges of the intervertebral disk. (7,8,9) They are found intracranially on the dorsum of clivus, in the posterior cranial fossa.

Intraosseous benign notochordal cell tumor

Josef Hospital and Ruhr U., Bochum, Germany) provides physicians, specialists in spine surgery, orthopedists, neurosurgeons, and residents in these specialties with current information on the diagnostic techniques and therapeutic approaches for patients with intervertebral disk disease.

Intervertebral disk diseases; causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prophylaxis, 3d ed

* Subjects: Eligible subjects were 18 years and older and had been diagnosed as having intervertebral disk herniation and persistent symptoms despite nonoperative treatment for at least 6 weeks.

Symptomatic disk herniation: wait or operate?

Siyah renkli intervertebral disk; okronozis: Olgu sunumu

Black colored intervertebral disc; ochronosis: A case report

Effects of hydrostatic pressure on matrix synthesis in different regions of the intervertebral disk. J Appl Physiol 1996;80:839-46.

Effect of Static Load on the Nucleus Pulposus of Rabbit Intervertebral Disc Motion Segment in Ex vivo Organ Culture

Volume two explores the different types of hydrogels being developed for regenerative medicine, 3D functional tissue models, intervertebral disk repair, and ocular, bone, cartilage, cardiac, vascular, lung, and hepatic tissue engineering.

Gels Handbook: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications; 3 volume set

Physical exercise has various physiological benefits for the spine and especially for the intervertebral disk. The various postures and activities that the patient is involved in can influence the dynamic as well as the normal pressures over the disk.

Kinesiotherapy, key to lumbar disk hernia recovery process