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hernia

noun

1 hernia

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

synonym: herniation.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Dutch: herniatie, breuk, hernia
Polish: przepuklina, ruptura


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