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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 and floppy disks as well as to disks that use a combination of magnetic and optical (see magneto-optic disk).


(storage, spelling)disc - British spelling of "disk", normally only used for "compact disc".

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When the PLE test is conducted, lumbar spinal extension is strong, leading to tension in the anterior longitudinal ligament or the fibrous ring of the intervertebral disk and relaxation in the zygapophyseal capsule, to which surrounding mechanoreceptors or nociceptors react strongly and induce lumbar pain.
date of birth 11/12/1952 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, internationally known due to his development of micro-therapy, micro-operations with intervertebral disks and tumors as well as the world's first operation on open nuclear spin tomographs (1988).
This model was then utilized to estimate net moments and compression and shear forces occurring at the L5-S1 spinal intervertebral disk during testing.
 
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