herniate

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ)nieɪt/

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Verb

herniate (third-person singular simple present herniates, present participle herniating, simple past and past participle herniated)

1. (intransitive) Of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ: to protrude through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained, causing a hernia.

   When the small intestine herniates into the groin, one has an inguinal hernia.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: herniar-se (ca)
• Galician: herniar, esvirillar (gl)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: fitiq bûn

• Portuguese: herniarse
• Spanish: herniarse (es)

Anagrams

• atherine, in the ear

Spanish

Verb

herniate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of herniarse