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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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... garden wall, which still stands, many of the stones of huge size; these the shepherds laid to his directions. His legs beat all power of description; they were bent in every direction, so that Mungo Park, then a surgeon at Peebles, who was called to operate on him for strangulated hernia, said he could compare them to nothing but a pair of corkscrews; but the principal turn they took was from the knee outwards, so that he rested on his inner ankles, and the lower ...
— Spare Hours • John Brown
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... Here tie cxi, cxi tie. Here are jen estas. Here is jen estas. Hereafter de nun. Hereat cxi tie. Hereditary hereda. Heresy herezo. Heretic herezulo. Heretical hereza. Herewith tie cxi aldonita. Heritage heredo. Hermit ermito. Hernia hernio. Hero heroo. Heroic heroa. Heroine heroino. Heroism heroeco. Heron ardeo. Herring haringo. Hesitate sxanceligxi. Hesitation sxanceligxo. Hew dehaki. Hexagon sesangulo. Hexameter heksametro. Hiatus manko. Hiccough ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes
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Words linked to "Hernia" :   eventration, diverticulum, omphalocele, keratocele, exomphalos, laparocele, vaginocele, rupture, colpocele


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