Glossary - Understandable Definitions of Medical Terms
The Spine-health Medical Glossary provides accurate, easy-to-understand definitions for common (and not-so-common) terms related to chronic pain, spine surgery, back pain, and more. Click on a letter to get started.
Glossary Term
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
- ACDF
- Acupuncture
- Acute Pain
- Allograft Bone
- Alternative Medicine
- Analgesics
- Anesthesiology and Anesthesiologist
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Annulus Fibrosus
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion ALIF
- Anterolisthesis
- Anticoagulants
- Antidepressant
- Apophyseal Joint
- Arachnoiditis
- Arthritis
- Arthrodesis
- Arthropathy
- Arthroplasty
- Arthroscopic Discectomy
- Artificial Cervical Disc
- Artificial Disc Replacement
- Autograft Bone
- Autologous
- Avascular Necrosis
- Back Extension
- Back Flexion
- Back Instability
- Back Surgery
- Bilateral Foraminal Stenosis
- Bioabsorbable Polymer
- Biocompatibility
- Biodegradation
- Biofeedback
- Bisphosphonates