herniate

English

Etymology

From hernia +‎ -ate. By surface analysis, herni- +‎ -ate.

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 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