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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca