hernian.
/ˈhəːnɪə/, U.S. /ˈhərniə/ Pathology.
a. A tumour formed by the displacement and resulting protrusion of a part of an organ through an aperture, natural or accidental, in the walls of its containing cavity; rupture.
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herniac1386
crepaturec1400
ramex?a1425
rupture?a1425
burstenness1483
rimburst1505
ruption?1541
mollification1543
bursting1544
burstness1552
film-bursting1578
bubonocele1597
rimburstennessc1600
burstning1607
gut-bursten1607
strangulated hernia1771
hypogastrocele1811
herniation1897
sliding hernia1910
incisional hernia1912
Morgagni hernia1958
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋349 Horrible swollen membres that semeth lik the maladie of Hirnia.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 273 If hernia be watri, þis is þe signe þerof.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxxiiii There be .iii. kyndes named..a wateryshe hernye, a wyndy hernye, a flesshy hernye.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. lx. 87 Hernies, Ruptures, or burstings.
1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. vii. sig. H3v That I had Nestor's hernia, thou wouldst thinke. View more context for this quotation
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Hernia's are occasion'd by Blows, violent Concussions, over-stretching in Vomiting, hard Labour, or Wind.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xv. 603 Abdominal hernia or rupture signifies the protrusion of any viscus from the abdominal cavity.
b. attributive, as hernia knife, hernia truss.
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1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. xv. 621 With a hernia knife,..or herniotome, the stricture should then be divided.
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