EGAVE

hernia

About 2.00 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
    give someone a hernia

Similar words

herniation hiatal slippery rupture hiatus cerebri eventration protrusion bulge outpouching

Often followed by

is repair and of in may or sac was

Word family

herniae hernial hernias rupture

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