hernia

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). See also yarn and cord. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ)niə/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)niə === Noun === hernia (plural hernias or herniae or (dated) herniæ) (pathology) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen. give someone a hernia have a hernia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== truss === Anagrams === Neriah, Rehani, hairen, hearin' == Albanian == === Noun === hernia f definite nominative singular of hernie == Catalan == === Verb === hernia inflection of herniar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-ni-eh₂, from *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”). Cognates include Sanskrit हिर (hira), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ), and Old English ġearn (English yarn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛr.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛr.ni.a] === Noun === hernia f (genitive herniae); first declension protruded viscus, hernia ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “hernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "hernia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeɾnja/ [ˈeɾ.nja] Rhymes: -eɾnja Syllabification: her‧nia === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). ==== Noun ==== hernia f (plural hernias) (pathology) hernia ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== hernia only used in se hernia, third-person singular present indicative of herniarse only used in te ... hernia, syntactic variant of hérniate, second-person singular imperative of herniarse === Further reading === “hernia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === herían