herniation

Examples

• All

• Despite intensive supportive care, she died 2 days later of brain stem herniation caused by persistent elevated intracranial pressure (ICP).

  Academic text (2013)

• However, neurocysticercosis may manifest with life-threatening complications such as cerebral edema, infarct, hydrocephalus, or brain herniation.

  Academic text (2009)

• Also, we did not find any brain tissue herniation along with the CSF leak.

  Academic text (2007)

• Muscular herniation may or may not be palpable.

  Academic text (2004)

• No herniation of the brain was observed in any part of the mastoid antrum.

  Academic text (2007)

• But what is true is that many people have herniations of their disc and do not report pain.

  Dr. Mayim Bialik

• The conclusion of the autopsy and laboratory findings was that cerebral herniation was the immediate cause of death.

  Academic text (2012)

• During necropsy, signs of cerebral herniation were detected.

  Academic text (2012)

• The herniation leads to pressure on the nerve root, with resulting neuromuscular signs and symptoms (Figure 9).

  Academic text (2005)

• If a significant defect in the tegmen is not reconstructed, an encephalocele (herniation of brain tissue) might occur.

  Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

H

hernia

vsherniation

• Specialized

42 5.6

A lump in the body where an organ pushes through a weak spot in the muscle

is the same condition but named in a different noun form

Antonyms

N

normal

∞ 1.0

Usual or expected in most situations

How Severe

strangulation

• Specialized

1 8.0

herniation

• Specialized

2 8.1

bulge

42 3.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology