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Webster 1913 Edition
Hernia
Her′ni-a
,Noun.
pl. E.
Hernias
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, L. Herniae
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. [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 abdominal viscera in most common. Called also hernia
of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowelsrupture
. 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 1828 Edition
Hernia
HERN'IA
,Noun.