MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Tree Number(s): C05.116.900.153
Unique ID: D055959
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055959
Annotation: coordinate IM with specific vertebrae (IM); INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT is also available
Scope Note: Degenerative changes in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISC due to aging or structural damage, especially to the vertebral end-plates.
Entry Term(s): Degenerative Disc Disease; Degenerative Intervertebral Discs; Degenerative Intervertebral Disks; Disc Degeneration; Disc Degradation; Disk Degeneration; Disk Degradation; Intervertebral Disk Degeneration
Previous Indexing: Intervertebral Disk (1951-2009); Intervertebral Disk Displacement (1952-2009)
See Also: Intervertebral Disc Chemolysis; Sciatica
Public MeSH Note: 2012; see INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT 2010-2011
History Note: 2012 (2010)
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2020/01/16

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0523534
Scope Note: Degenerative changes in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISC due to aging or structural damage, especially to the vertebral end-plates.
Terms: Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Preferred Term
Term UI T779949
Date11/01/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Disc Degeneration
Term UI T723445
Date08/01/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Degenerative Disc Disease
Term UI T000998358
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Disk Degeneration
Term UI T779950
Date11/01/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Disk Degradation
Term UI T779951
Date11/01/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Intervertebral Disk Degeneration
Term UI T723443
Date08/01/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Disc Degradation
Term UI T723446
Date08/01/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010)

Intervertebral Disc Degeneration MeSH Descriptor Data 2025