noun
hernia
HUR-nee-uh/ˈhɜːrniə/
An organ or tissue pushing through a weak spot in the muscle or tissue that normally holds it in place.
The cutaway shows a hernia bulging through the abdominal wall.
Etymology
Latin hernia meant “rupture.” That image underlies the medical condition in which tissue pushes through a weak spot in the wall that normally contains it.
In context
put the hernia back in hernia just means that the tissue is poking through in an area where it shouldn't be
More examples
- The scan revealed a hernia.
- Several hernias were documented.
- The model demonstrated a hernia.
Forms
hernia · hernias
Similar words
- protrusion
- A general outward bulge rather than this condition.
- rupture
- A tear or break that is not always a hernia.