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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne