Associations to the word «Hernia»

Wiktionary

HERNIA, noun. (pathology) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

Dictionary definition

HERNIA, noun. Rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats