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lumbar disc syndrome [1 record]

Record 1 1996-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Vertebrae and Bone Marrow
OBS

Figurative expression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Vertèbres et moelle
OBS

Se dit de l'excuse que se donne une personne qui ne veut pas travailler : elle a mal au dos, de ce mal caractéristique dont souffrent la plupart des gens ayant mal au dos, et qui est causé par une hernie discale lombaire.

Spanish

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