hernia
noun/ˈhɜː(ɹ)niə/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). See also yarn and cord.
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Medicine, Pathology, Sciences A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
- give someone a hernia
- have a hernia
- Derived terms
- Bochdalek hernia, hernial, herniary, herniate, herniated, herniation, hernioid, herniology, herniorrhaphy, herniotomy, hiatus hernia, Morgagni hernia, peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia, pseudohernia, umbilical hernia
- Related terms
- truss