| incarcerated hernia | <surgery> A hernia which results in the entrapment of tissue or viscera into the hernia sac. (13 Nov 1997) |
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| incisional hernia | Hernia occurring through a surgical incision or scar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infantile hernia | A hernia in which an intestinal loop descends behind the tunica vaginalis, having, therefore, three peritoneal layers in front of it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inguinocrural hernia | A bilocular or double hernia, both inguinal and femoral. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inguinofemoral hernia | A bilocular or double hernia, both inguinal and femoral. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inguinolabial hernia | An inguinal hernia descending into the labium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inguinoscrotal hernia | An inguinal hernia descending into the scrotum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| inguinosuperficial hernia | An inguinal hernia that has turned cephalad away from the scrotum and lies subcutaneously on the abdominal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal hernia | Protrusion of an intraperitoneal viscus into a compartment within the abdominal cavity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intersigmoid hernia | A hernia into the intersigmoid fossa on the under surface of the root of the mesosigmoid near the inner border of the psoas magnus muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| interstitial hernia | A hernia in which the protrusion is between any two of the layers of the abdominal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraepiploic hernia | A coil of intestine incarcerated in an omental sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intrailiac hernia | An interstitial hernia projecting from the internal inguinal ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intrapelvic hernia | An interstitial hernia projecting into the pelvis from the internal inguinal ring. (05 Mar 2000) |
| irreducible hernia | A hernia that cannot be reduced without operation. Synonym: incarcerated hernia. (05 Mar 2000) |