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
- Black Disc
- Bodywork
- Bone Derivative
- Bone Graft
- Bone Marrow
- Bone Plate
- Bone Scan
- Bone Scan with SPECT
- Bone Screw
- Boston Brace
- Bulging Disc
- Burst Fracture
- Calcitonin
- Cancellous Bone
- Cartilage
- Cauda Equina
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Cervical Disc
- Cervical Myelopathy
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Cervical Spine
- Cervical Stenosis
- Cervical Vertebrae
- Chemonucleolysis
- Chiropractic Adjustment
- Chiropractor
- Chronic Pain
- Clinical Trial
- Cobalt Chrome
- Coccydynia
- Coccyx
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Collagen
- Comminuted Fracture
- Compressed Nerve
- Compression Fracture