Hernia

What do we mean by hernia?

The protrusion of an organ or other bodily structure through the wall that normally contains it; a rupture. noun

In surgery, a tumor formed by the displacement and protrusion of a part which has escaped from its natural cavity by some aperture, and projects externally; rupture: as, hernia of the brain, of the thorax, or of the abdomen. noun

A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture. noun

A hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter. noun

A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen. noun

Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes noun

A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

Words that are spelled similarly to hernia:
hernia, hermia, hernio, vernia, hernie.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hernia:
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Words that rhyme with hernia:
hibernia, attorney a, bernie a, ernie a, hernia a, journey a.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hernia:
inguinal, diaphragmatic, hiatal, umbilical, strangulated, congenital, femoral, direct, indirect, large, incarcerated, internal, incisional, scrotal, abdominal, hiatus, ventral, irreducible, recurrent, oblique, traumatic, right, paraesophageal, external, reducible, epigastric, double, left, perineal, lumbar, spigelian, sided, postoperative, omental, infantile, paraduodenal, vaginal, cerebral, sciatic, bilateral, intestinal, parastomal, oesophageal, esophageal, associated, fetal, obturator, crural, unilateral, symptomatic, acquired, incomplete, posterolateral, interstitial, uncomplicated, massive, posterior, obstructed, pudendal, contralateral, labial, ovarian, lateral, operative, physiological, anterior, duodenal, asymptomatic, peristomal, retroperitoneal, rectal, giant, supravesical, interparietal, encysted, inflamed, paraoesophageal, concomitant, paraumbilical, pelvic, demonstrable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hernia:
repair, cerebri, testis, sac, operations, repairs, surgery, formation, humoralis, recurrence, anatomy, cases, reduction, operation, protrusion, healers, patients, director, rupture, results, sites, knife, diaphragm.

Consonant match to hernia:
honea, henery, hanauer, henrie.

Words that sound like hernia:
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