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Descriptor English: Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Descriptor Spanish: Degeneración del Disco Intervertebral
Descriptor degeneración del disco intervertebral
Entry term(s) degeneración discal intervertebral
discopatía degenerativa
Scope note: Cambios degenerativos en el DISCO INTERVERTEBRAL por envejecimiento o lesiones estructurales, especialmente en las placas terminales vertebrales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Degeneração do Disco Intervertebral
Descriptor French: Dégénérescence de disque intervertébral
Entry term(s): Degeneration, Disc
Degeneration, Disk
Degeneration, Intervertebral Disc
Degeneration, Intervertebral Disk
Degenerations, Disc
Degenerations, Disk
Degenerations, Intervertebral Disc
Degenerations, Intervertebral Disk
Degenerative Disc Disease
Degenerative Disc Diseases
Degenerative Intervertebral Disc
Degenerative Intervertebral Discs
Degenerative Intervertebral Disk
Degenerative Intervertebral Disks
Degradation, Disc
Degradation, Disk
Degradations, Disc
Degradations, Disk
Disc Degeneration
Disc Degeneration, Intervertebral
Disc Degenerations
Disc Degenerations, Intervertebral
Disc Degradation
Disc Degradations
Disc Disease, Degenerative
Disc, Degenerative Intervertebral
Discs, Degenerative Intervertebral
Disk Degeneration
Disk Degeneration, Intervertebral
Disk Degenerations
Disk Degenerations, Intervertebral
Disk Degradation
Disk Degradations
Disk, Degenerative Intervertebral
Disks, Degenerative Intervertebral
Intervertebral Disc Degenerations
Intervertebral Disc, Degenerative
Intervertebral Discs, Degenerative
Intervertebral Disk Degeneration
Intervertebral Disk Degenerations
Intervertebral Disk, Degenerative
Intervertebral Disks, Degenerative
Tree number(s): C05.116.900.153
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055959
Scope note: Degenerative changes in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISC due to aging or structural damage, especially to the vertebral end-plates.
Annotation: coordinate IM with specific vertebrae (IM); INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Intervertebral Disk (1951-2009)
Intervertebral Disk Displacement (1952-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2012; see INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT 2010-2011
History Note: 2012 (2010)
Related: Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis MeSH
Sciatica MeSH
DeCS ID: 53493
Unique ID: D055959
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2020/01/16
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - Preferred
Concept UI M0523534
Scope note Degenerative changes in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISC due to aging or structural damage, especially to the vertebral end-plates.
Preferred term Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Entry term(s) Degeneration, Disc
Degeneration, Disk
Degeneration, Intervertebral Disc
Degeneration, Intervertebral Disk
Degenerations, Disc
Degenerations, Disk
Degenerations, Intervertebral Disc
Degenerations, Intervertebral Disk
Degenerative Disc Disease
Degenerative Disc Diseases
Degradation, Disc
Degradation, Disk
Degradations, Disc
Degradations, Disk
Disc Degeneration
Disc Degeneration, Intervertebral
Disc Degenerations
Disc Degenerations, Intervertebral
Disc Degradation
Disc Degradations
Disc Disease, Degenerative
Disk Degeneration
Disk Degeneration, Intervertebral
Disk Degenerations
Disk Degenerations, Intervertebral
Disk Degradation
Disk Degradations
Intervertebral Disc Degenerations
Intervertebral Disk Degeneration
Intervertebral Disk Degenerations
Degenerative Intervertebral Discs - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0525545
Preferred term Degenerative Intervertebral Discs
Entry term(s) Degenerative Intervertebral Disc
Degenerative Intervertebral Disk
Degenerative Intervertebral Disks
Disc, Degenerative Intervertebral
Discs, Degenerative Intervertebral
Disk, Degenerative Intervertebral
Disks, Degenerative Intervertebral
Intervertebral Disc, Degenerative
Intervertebral Discs, Degenerative
Intervertebral Disk, Degenerative
Intervertebral Disks, Degenerative



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