HERNIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does herniation mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERNIATION (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 ("herniation" is a kind of...):

rupture (state of being torn or burst open)

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

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 

Herniation of spinal cord tissue and meninges through a defect in a region of the vertebral column.

(Myelocele, NCI Thesaurus)

Herniation of spinal cord tissue and meninges through a defect in the cervical region of the vertebral column.

(Cervical Myelocele, NCI Thesaurus)

Herniation of spinal cord tissue and meninges through a defect in the lumbar region of the vertebral column.

(Lumbar Myelocele, NCI Thesaurus)

Presence of multiple herniations of the mucosa and submucosa of the colon through the circular muscle layer.

(Colonic Diverticulum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A rare neurologic disorder caused by impingement of the nerve roots of the cauda equina secondary to disc herniation, spinal stenosis, vertebral fracture, neoplasm or infection.

(Cauda Equina Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Herniation of the upper part of the stomach through the diaphragm.

(Hiatal Hernia, NCI Thesaurus)