hernia
42
5.6
- noun
- /ˈhɜrnɪə/
- Specialized
:
hernia
- When I mentioned the lump on my abdomen, the doctor said it might be a hernia.
- inguinal hernia
- hiatal hernia
- incisional hernia
But my hernia is causing me quite a lot of issues.
- But my hernia is causing me quite a lot of issues.
- I was talking to a couple of friends a couple of nights ago and I was talking to him about the the hernia surgery that I just went through.
- And so I have to kind of support that to make sure I'm not working too hard and give myself a hernia.
- You could only get health insurance with a pre-existing condition like a hernia with group health insurance with a job.
- Abdominal hernias for no real reason, inguinal hernias for no real reason, or just abdominal or flank pain.
- Something called a hiatal hernia, which means some of your organs push up and that can cause symptoms of heartburn.
- Well, I have got some hernia support belts.
- I left one man back 'cause he had a hernia and but he didn't want to stay back.
- Oh, Patricio, you have a hernia.
- We suffer from all kinds of problems with our necks, our backs, difficulty in childbirth, blown out knees, hernias, varicose veins, hemorrhoids.
- Typically on our elective days we'll do things like hernias, gallbladders, but also things like breast cancer or thyroid cancer.
- My stepdad had hernia surgery and when he was healed, I stole the rest of his Percocets and sold them for money.
Examples
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No postoperative hernias or bulges were seen at abdominal donor sites in this series.
Academic text (2005) -
Something called a hiatal hernia, which means some of your organs push up and that can cause symptoms of heartburn.
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But my hernia is causing me quite a lot of issues.
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I may be getting a hernia.
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I'd been in a hospital twice: once for a hernia operation; another time for pneumonia.
Fiction book (1994) -
Don't strain yourself because you could get a hernia.
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Aren't you liable to get a hernia carrying a load like that?
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But a hiatus hernia is where the stomach pushes through the diaphragm.
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Since that time, Albert has had a shunt revision, a hernia repair, two eye surgeries, a tonsillectomy, and an adenoidectomy.
Academic text (1996) -
We have varicose veins, we have hemorrhoids, we have hernias, we have bad ankles, we have bad backs.
Synonyms
2
8.1
Part of an organ or tissue pushes through a tear in the surrounding muscle
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.1
A hole in the muscle between chest and belly that lets stomach or other organs push through
- Specialized
1
5.6
A part of the stomach that pushes up through the diaphragm into the chest
1
6.2
Part of the stomach pushes up through the muscle under the lungs into the chest
- Specialized
1
6.5
A bulge in the groin where part of the intestine pushes through the lower belly wall, often in men
- Specialized
A bulge near the belly button where part of the gut pushes through the stomach wall
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hernia comes from an old Latin word hernia meaning 'break' or 'bulge'. So a hernia is when an organ or tissue pushes out through a weak part of the muscle and makes a lump you can see or feel.