椎间盘

椎間盤

zhuījiānpán

noun #35,925

Measure Word

一个椎间盘 gè

Meanings

1 intervertebral disc

Characters

between, interval

Examples

他得了椎间盘突出。

Tā dé le zhuījiānpán tūchū.

He has a herniated disc.

椎间盘起到缓冲的作用。

Zhuījiānpán qǐ dào huǎnchōng de zuòyòng.

The intervertebral discs serve as cushions.

Tips

memory

椎 = vertebra, 间 = between, 盘 = disc/plate — literally 'between-vertebrae disc'. Once you see the morphology, the medical term decodes itself.

Stroke Order

椎 zhuī

间 jiān

盘 pán