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The word disk, as it applies to the back, refers to elastic tissue that sits between the vertebrae. These disks absorb shock during movement.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoIn medical terms, a disk usually refers to an intervertebral disk, the soft-tissue "shock aborber" between two vertebrae.
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