Word Meaning

Meaning of "hernia" and the crossword clue

- Abdominal rupture
- Call her knee a strain injury
- Muscle tear
- Protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall
- Rupture
- Would you call her knee a strain injury?
- A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.