Definition of Herniates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of herniate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Herniates

1. herniate [v] - See also: herniate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Herniates

hernia en bissac
hernia knife
hernia of the broad ligament of the uterus
hernia repair
hernia uteri inguinale
herniae
hernial
hernial aneurysm
hernial sac
hernias
herniate
herniated
herniated disc
herniated disk
herniated nucleus pulposus
herniates
herniating
herniation
herniation of nucleus pulposus
herniations
hernio-
hernioenterotomy
herniography
hernioid
herniolaparotomy
hernioplasty
herniopuncture
herniorrhaphy
herniotome
herniotomies

Literary usage of Herniates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Under such circumstances what happens when a subtemporal opening is established is this: the ventricle, already dilated, increases in size as it herniates ..."

2. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"As the nucleus pulposus herniates through the tear, it may bulge against the posterior longitudinal ligament in the midline or rupture somewhat laterally to ..."

3. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"The base of the bladder herniates into the anterior vaginal fornix and forms a cystocele without displacing the urethra or urethrovesical junction. 3. ..."

4. Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson (1914)
"Between the two sets of fibers is a gap in the support of the esophageal wall, through which the wall herniates owing to the pressure ..."

5. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy by Chevalier Jackson (1922)
"... through which the wall herniates owing to the pressure of food propelled by the oblique fibers, O, advance of the bolus being resisted by spasmodic ..."

6. Thoracic resection for tumors growing from the bony wall of the chest by Frederick William Parham (1899)
"The skin is drawn in on inspiration and is pushed out in expiration. On forced expiration or in coughing the lung herniates through the opening, ..."

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