| hernia |
Abnormal bulging or extrusion of an organ through tissue or muscle which contains it; eg peristomal hernia, in which bowel bulges through the band of abdominal muscle around the stoma.
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| herniation |
Condition of the intervertebral disc, whereby some of the material which makes up the disc shifts to a position which irritates the nearby nerve for that spinal area.
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| hernial |
pertaining to a hernia.
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| hernial a. |
one in which the sac is formed by an inner coat projecting through the outer.
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| hernial c. |
that through which a hernia passes.
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