The meaning of the medical term muscular dystrophy is: a group of hereditary diseases characterized by degeneration of muscle and weakness The medical term that describes a rupture of intervertebral disk cartilage that allows the contents to protrude through it, which, in turn, puts pressure on the spinal nerve roots is:
ungulate - any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically hoofed mammal eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Which leaves us with the true ungulates: Artiodactyls and Perissodactyls; two groups of large, herbivorous animals equipped with hooves. Although they no longer form a good taxonomic group, their similar biologies makes it convenient to continue using the name ungulate in a descriptive sense.n ungulates, the tough unguis encircles the tip of the digit as a cylinder, enclosing the subunguis within in. Since the unguis is harder than the subunguis, it does not wear down as quickly, resulting in a firm (sometimes sharp) leading edge to the hoof.