hernia

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English

Etymology

From Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)niə

Noun

hernia (plural hernias or herniae or herniæ)

1. (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.

Translations

part of the body protruding abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part

• Arabic: فتق (ar) (fatq) m
• Armenian: աղեթափություն (hy) (aġet’ap’ut’yun) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 疝氣 (cmn), 疝气 (cmn) (shànqì), (colloquial) 小腸串氣 (cmn), 小肠串气 (cmn) (xiǎocháng chuànqì)

• Czech: kýla (cs) f
• Danish: brok (da)
• Dutch: hernia (nl) f
• Esperanto: hernia (eo)
• Finnish: tyrä (fi)
• French: hernie (fr) f
• Georgian: თიაქარი (ka) (ti'akari) 
• German: Bruch (de) m, Hernie (de) f
• Greek: κήλη (el) (kíli) f 

• Hungarian: sérv (hu)
• Italian: ernia (it) f
• Japanese: ヘルニア (ja) (herunia), 脱腸 (ja) (datchō)
• Jèrriais: rompeuse f
• Maori: whaturama (mi)
• Neapolitan: guallara, guallecchia, ntoscia, pallone, paposcia, ruttura
• Norwegian: brokk (no)
• Polish: przepuklina (pl) f
• Portuguese: hérnia (pt) f
• Russian: грыжа (ru) (grýža) f 
• Serbo-Croatian: kila (sh) f
• Spanish: hernia (es) f
• Swedish: bråck (sv) n
• Turkish: fıtık (tr)

Derived terms

• hernial
• herniated
• herniotomy