bråck

See also: brack and Brack

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German brok, equivalent to German Bruch, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz. Cognate of English breach.

Noun

bråck n

1. (pathology) hernia

Declension

Declension of bråck

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bråck	bråcks
	definite	bråcket	bråckets
plural	indefinite	bråck	bråcks
	definite	bråcken	bråckens

Derived terms

• artärbråck
• diskbråck
• femoralbråck
• ljumskbråck
• navelbråck
• pulsåderbråck
• åderbråck
• ärrbråck

References

• “bråck”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “bråck”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bråck”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH
• brock in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)