| hiatal hernia |
small opening in the diaphragm that allows the upper part of the stomach to move up into the chest and causes heartburn from stomach acid flowing back up through the opening.
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| hiatus hernia |
Occurs when a portion of the stomach protrudes through the diaphragmatic hiatus into the thoracic cavity.
Ãâó: www.gbmc.org/medicine/krohcenter/definitions.cfm
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| hiatal hernia |
a anatomical situation whereby a portion of the upper stomach lies above the diaphram muscle rather than below it where it belongs.
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| hiatus |
in the geological sense, a period of cessation of deposition. A gap in the stratigraphic record where time has passed unrepresented by any sediment.
Ãâó: www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm
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| hiatus |
(1) The interruption in an advertiser's media schedule between flights or (2) the placing of a television show off the programming schedule temporarily.
Ãâó: www.horizonmedia.com/glossary/h.htm
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