Hernia

['hɜːnɪə] or ['hɝnɪə]

解釋/意思:

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

校對:洛丽塔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.

整理:李奥娜

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Rupture.

达伦編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a protrusion through an abnormal or accidental opening of the abdominal viscera the condition popularly called rupture.—adjs. Her′nial; Her′niated; Her′nioid.—ns. Herniol′ogy the branch of surgery which treats of ruptures; Herniot′omy the operation of cutting for hernia.

杰拉尔德編輯