Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To protrude through an abnormal bodily opening.
Wiktionary
- v. The protrusion of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained, causing a hernia.
Examples
“And if it swells with -- with the skull in place, it will just what we call herniate, move down into the spinal canal.”
“The brain has nowhere to swell; and if it swells with the skull in place, it'll just -- what we call herniate, move down into the spinal canal and that can cause death.”
“An omphalocele is a birth defect that causes the abdominal organs to herniate or protrude into the base of the fetus's umbilical cord.”
“The spine discs start to become more brittle, lose flexibility and can cause pain when they herniate.”
“A congenital anomay in the abdominal wall in which the abdominal organs herniate (protrude) through the abdominal wall into the base of the umbilical cord.”
“Omphalocele causes the abdominal organs to herniate (protrude) into the base of the umbilical cord.”
“Oh, and all the violent coughing I was doing caused me to re-herniate a disc in my lower back that I'd previously injured at the end of last summer/early fall.”
“At some point during my early to mid-teens, I managed to severely herniate three disks in my lower lumbar spine L3-L5, for the morbidly curious.”
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“And if there's bleeding inside of that skull, as it expands, that pressure can cause the brain to essentially herniate.”
“ROBERTS: You know, you can probably herniate your finger if you try to do that.”
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biocon Herniate also means to rupture. Aug 14, 2011