n :  a spinal defect characterized by protrusion of the nucleus pulposus into the spongiosa of a vertebra
 
Schmorl, Christian Georg (1861-1932), German pathologist. Schmorl described the spinal defect now known as Schmorl's node in 1926.
 
 
 
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