What does "hernia" mean?

A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

What is a synonym for "hernia"?

Common synonyms include: bulge, category, hernaria, herniae, herniation, protrusion.

Pronounced //ˈhɜː(ɹ)niə//.

/ˈhɜː(ɹ)niə/ noun

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Noun

1
A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
"give someone a hernia"
2
rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes wordnet

"One of my Japanese teachers said "honya honya" instead of "blah blah." My ensuing laughter nearly gave me a hernia."

Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). See also yarn and cord.