| NOUN | state | herniation, hernia | rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes |
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| Meaning | rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes. | |
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| Synonym | hernia | |
| Narrower | colpocele, vaginocele | hernia projecting into the vagina |
| diverticulum | A herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon) | |
| eventration | protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall | |
| exomphalos | An umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord | |
| hiatus hernia, hiatal hernia, diaphragmatic hernia | hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm | |
| inguinal hernia | hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal | |
| keratocele | hernia of the cornea | |
| laparocele | hernia through the abdomen | |
| umbilical hernia, omphalocele | protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel | |
| Broader | rupture | state of being torn or burst open |
| Spanish | hernia, quebradura | |
| Catalan | hèrnia | |
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