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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King