herniation

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Oe is best known for this 1964 semi-autobiographical novel, a dark comedy about a callow young academic who decides to leave his wife after their baby is born with a brain herniation.

From Washington Post

Those disks act as shock absorbers between the bones in the spine, and a herniation happens when a piece of those disks breaks through its casing and irritates nerves in the area.

From Washington Post

In the field of orthopaedic surgery, just a few of these may include spinal cord or nerve damage due to trauma, tumors, or large disc herniations, broken arms and legs, and much more.

From MSNBC

The attorneys say the injuries in Wednesday’s accident include a traumatic brain injury, disc herniation and a torn labrum.

From Seattle Times

The attorneys say the injuries suffered in Wednesday’s accident include a traumatic brain injury, disc herniation and a torn labrum.

From Seattle Times