disk, disc
(disk )
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A flat, round, platelike structure.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Disk, Disc." Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759101/all/disk_at_risk.
Disk, disc. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759101/all/disk_at_risk. Accessed October 9, 2026.
Disk, disc. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759101/all/disk_at_risk
Disk, Disc [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/759101/all/disk_at_risk.
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