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n. The protrusion of an organ or other bodily structure through the wall that normally contains it; a rupture.

n. A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

n. 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. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.

n. In surgery, a tumor formed by the displacement and protrusion of a part which has escaped from its natural cavity by some aperture, and projects externally; rupture: as, hernia of the brain, of the thorax, or of the abdomen.

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

"DESCRIPTION: Although the term hernia applies to any protrusion of an organ outside the cavity that normally contains it, the usual meaning is an abnormal protrusion of intestines through an opening in the abdominal cavity."

complete hernia    umbilical hernia    concealed hernia    congenital hernia    diaphragmatic hernia    cerebral hernia    oblique inguinal hernia    hernia obturatoria    peritoneal hernia    littré's hernia   

herniae    rupture   

herniotomy    hernial    herniated   

rupture    ramex    epiplocele    exomphalos    bubonocele   

Hibernia   

pseudotumor    luxation    ulcer    appendicitis    hemorrhoids    cretinism    colitis    bronchitis    thoracoabdominal    hematoma