HERNIA (herniae)

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Irregular inflected form: herniae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hernia mean? 

• HERNIA (noun)
  The noun HERNIA has 1 sense:

1. rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes

  Familiarity information: HERNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hernia; herniation

Hypernyms ("hernia" is a kind of...):

rupture (state of being torn or burst open)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hernia"):

colpocele; vaginocele (hernia projecting into the vagina)

diverticulum (a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon))

eventration (protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall)

exomphalos (an umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord)

diaphragmatic hernia; hiatal hernia; hiatus hernia (hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm)

inguinal hernia (hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal; the most common type of hernia in males)

keratocele (hernia of the cornea)

laparocele (hernia through the abdomen)

omphalocele; umbilical hernia (protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth)

 Context examples 

Untreated hernias can cause pain and health problems.

(Hernia, NIH)

When you have a hiatal hernia, it's easier for the acid to come up.

(Hiatal Hernia, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

The most common are adhesions, hernias, cancers, and certain medicines.

(Intestinal Obstruction, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Most hernias occur in the abdomen.

(Hernia, NCI Dictionary)

It is characterized by large birth weight, macroglossia, umbilical hernia, ear abnormalities, and hypoglycemia.

(Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A therapeutic surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease and hiatus hernia.

(Fundoplication, NCI Thesaurus)

Diaphragmatic hernia that is present at birth.

(Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, NCI Thesaurus)

Deletion of the gene may be associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

(NR2F2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Deletion of this gene may be associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

(CHD2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital or acquired weakness or opening in the diaphragm which allows abdominal contents to protrude into the chest cavity; congenital diaphragmatic hernias are caused when the embryonic diaphragm fails to fuse.

(Diaphragmatic Hernia, NCI Thesaurus)