hernia

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ)niə/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)niə

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

• Neriah, Rehani, hairen, hearin'

hernia f

1. definite nominative singular of hernie

hernia

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

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).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛr.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛr.ni.a]

hernia f (genitive herniae); first declension

1. protruded viscus,

First-declension noun.

• “hernia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "hernia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾnja/ [ˈeɾ.nja]

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• Rhymes: -eɾnja
• Syllabification: her‧nia

Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”).

hernia f (plural hernias)

1. (pathology) hernia

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

• “hernia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• herían