herniate

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ)nieɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Verb

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

(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

Catalan: herniar-se (ca)
Galician: herniar, esvirillar (gl)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: fitiq bûn
Portuguese: herniarse
Spanish: herniarse (es)

Anagrams

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Spanish

Verb

herniate

second-person singular voseo imperative of herniarse

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