HERNIATION

hernia, herniation

(noun) rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

herniation (countable and uncountable, plural herniations)

The formation of a hernia.

Anagrams

• antiheroin

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 September 2024

IDENTIFY

(verb) recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; “She identified the man on the ‘wanted’ poster”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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