What are some medical terms for slipped, bulging, and herniated disc?

Related terms: They really are just terms that describe the same process that is getting progressively worse...A " herniated disc" to an ors means that the soft gelatinous portion of the shock- absorbing disc has escaped the annulus fibrosis portion and is free near a nerve root or spinal cord.( like jelly squished out of a jelly donut)!

Synonyms: The terms bulging disk, slipped disk, herniated disk are roughly the same idea that they disc has moved out of place where it should be and possibly compressing nerve or spinal cord. Typically though herniated disk signifies a slight increase in severity of pathology over a bulging disc. It gets a little more specific if terms like disc protrusion and disc extrusion come into the mix.