Definitions | herniate |
| verb (herniat, ing)
- The protrusion of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained, causing a hernia.
- When small bowel herniates into the groin, one has an inguinal hernia.
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