Definition of Hernea
Hernia, the name given to the protrusion of an internal organ,
specially a part of the intestines.
- Wikipedia
Her"ni*a (?), n.; pl. E.
Hernias (#), L. Herniæ (#).
[L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part
which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some
natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as,
hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of
the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also
rupture.
Strangulated hernia, a hernia so tightly
compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been
protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the
protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more
common in the latter.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (pathology) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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