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hernia

See also: hérnia and hèrnia

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). See also yarn and cord.

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Noun

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hernia (plural hernias or herniae or (dated) herniæ)

  1. (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

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Translations

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part of the body protruding abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part

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Albanian

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Noun

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hernia f

  1. definite nominative singular of hernie

Catalan

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Verb

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hernia

  1. inflection of herniar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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hernia f (genitive herniae); first declension

  1. protruded viscus, hernia

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hernia herniae
genitive herniae herniārum
dative herniae herniīs
accusative herniam herniās
ablative herniā herniīs
vocative hernia herniae

Descendants

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  • → Catalan: hèrnia
  • → French: hernie
  • → English: hernia
  • → Italian: ernia
  • → Piedmontese: èrnia
  • → Portuguese: hérnia
  • → Romanian: hernie
  • → Sicilian: èrnia
  • → Spanish: hernia

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”).

Noun

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hernia f (plural hernias)

  1. (pathology) hernia
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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hernia

  1. only used in se hernia, third-person singular present indicative of herniarse
  2. only used in te ... hernia, syntactic variant of hérniate, second-person singular imperative of herniarse

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