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her·ni·a 
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Audio Help [-nee-ee] Pronunciation Key. Pathology. | the protrusion of an organ or tissue through an opening in its surrounding walls, esp. in the abdominal region. |
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Hernia
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| her·ni·a
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n. pl. her·ni·as or her·ni·ae (-nē-ē') The protrusion of an organ or other bodily structure through the wall that normally contains it; a rupture. [Middle English, from Latin; see gherə- in Indo-European roots.] her'ni·al adj. |
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hernia
c.1386, from L. hernia "a rupture," related to hira "intestine," from the same root as yarn.
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| hernia | |
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| rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes |
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| hernia
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A condition in which an organ or body part, such as the intestine, protrudes through an opening in the body structure that normally contains it. |
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hernia [(hur-nee-uh)]
The projection of an organ or part of an organ through the wall of the structure that surrounds it. Most often, the term is applied to the protrusion of a part of the intestine that can be observed as a lump in the lower abdomen.
[Chapter:] Medicine and Health
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Hernia
Her"ni*a\, n.; pl. E. Hernias, L. Herni[ae]. [L.] (Med.) 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; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture. Strangulated hernia, 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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