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Definition of Herniate
1. Verb. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Herniate
1. to protrude through an abnormal bodily opening [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Herniate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Herniate
Literary usage of Herniate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neuropathology by Elmer Ernest Southard (1904)
"The cranium maybe in part absent, permitting the brain and its membranes or the
membranes alone to herniate (encephalocele, meningocele). ..."
2. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"... "herniate'a'd' *n this ac^ ratified and confirmed, shall by operation of law
or procla- ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"In this case there was a solid, irregular tumor in the mid-line which did not
herniate. The second point of interest is the improvement in vision following ..."
4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1899)
"... more frequently in women beyond middle life the mesenterium is found sufficiently
elongated to herniate. Elongated mesenteries are not frequent in well ..."
5. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1921)
"In proof of this we see that even when the pleura is wide open a paroxysm of
cough or violent inspiration will herniate the lung out of the chest. ..."
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