hernia

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See also: hérnia, and hèrnia

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin hernia (protruded viscus). See also yarn and cord.

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Noun

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hernia (plural hernias or herniae or (dated) 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.
    give someone a hernia
    have a hernia

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Albanian

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Noun

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hernia f

  1. definite nominative singular of hernie

Catalan

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Verb

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hernia

  1. inflection of herniar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-ni-eh₂, from *ǵʰer- (bowels, intestines). Cognates include Sanskrit हिर (hira), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ), and Old English ġearn (English yarn).

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Noun

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hernia f (genitive herniae); first declension

  1. protruded viscus, hernia

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Descendants

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  • Catalan: hèrnia
  • French: hernie
  • English: hernia
  • Italian: ernia
  • Piedmontese: èrnia
  • Portuguese: hérnia
  • Romanian: hernie
  • Sicilian: èrnia
  • Spanish: hernia

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Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin hernia (protruded viscus).

Noun

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hernia f (plural hernias)

  1. (pathology) hernia
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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hernia

  1. only used in se hernia, third-person singular present indicative of herniarse
  2. only used in te ... hernia, syntactic variant of hérniate, second-person singular imperative of herniarse

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