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Hernia   /hˈərniə/   Listen
Hernia

noun
(pl. E. hernias, L. herniae)
1.
Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes.  Synonym: herniation.



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"Hernia" Quotes from Famous Books



... from Playford he seemed to rally a little: but he soon fell ill and was found to be suffering from hernia. This necessitated a surgical operation, which was successfully performed on Dec. 17th. This gave him effectual relief, and after recovering from the immediate effects of the operation, he lay for several days quietly ...
— Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy • George Biddell Airy
... DERANGEMENTS.—Almost all forms of mental derangements are hereditary—one of the parents or near relation being afflicted. Physical or bodily weakness is often hereditary, such as scrofula, gout, rheumatism, rickets, consumption, apoplexy, hernia, urinary calculi, hemorrhoids or piles, cataract, etc. In fact, all physical weakness, if ingrafted in either parent, is transmitted from parents to offspring, and is often more strongly marked in the latter than ...
— Searchlights on Health - The Science of Eugenics • B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols


Words linked to "Hernia" :   keratocele, vaginocele, colpocele, omphalocele, diverticulum, rupture, eventration, laparocele, exomphalos


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