Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Schmorl's node Pronunciation:
'shmorlz- Function:
noun : a spinal defect characterized by protrusion of the nucleus pulposus into the spongiosaof a vertebra
Schmorl,
Christian Georg (1861–1932), German pathologist. Schmorl described the spinal defect now known as Schmorl's node in 1926.
