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adj. - Pertaining to the space between two vertebrae.

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  • The vertebrae are separated by a soft cartilage cushion called the intervertebral disc.
  • "Seated shoulder presses do increase the compressive load on the intervertebral discs," he says.
  • The intervertebral foramina of the cervical spine are manifesting serial order with the cranial foramina.
  • Lumbar disc disease is the drying out of the spongy interior matrix of an intervertebral disc in the spine.
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