1. one of the nine Greek goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who presided over the arts: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania. 2. (sometimes l.c.) the inspiration that motivates a poet, artist, or thinker.
The process is superimposed by degenerative changes that can cause stenosis and affect the nerve roots and these changes don't go away, even beyond age 75, as you see in this patient. Since the spine is a mobile organ structure, it does not spontaneously fuse until beyond 70 to 80 years of age.
Cervical degenerative disc disease (in your neck) is the second most common form of DDD. As with the lumbar form of the condition, degeneration symptoms in your cervical spine typically center on chronic pain that flares up significantly from time to time.ypes of Degenerative Disc Disease. Degenerative disc disease (DDD) can produce damaging change in your neck (cervical spine), middle of your back (thoracic spine) or your lower back area (lumbar spine). The problems you have will depend, in part, on the type of DDD you experience.