harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

hernia, herniation - rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes

herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disc - a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region

breakup, separation, detachment - coming apart

breaking, breakage, break - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"

disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

lacerate - cut or tear irregularly

rend, rip, rive, pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

rip up, shred, tear up - tear into shreds