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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of herniate.

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Examples

  • The mullahs have appointed themselves the enemy of fun; as a result, wherever fun herniates into view, it is a politicized irruption of defiance.

    Iran Bans Valentine's Day Melik Kaylan 2011

  • "As a result, wherever fun herniates into view, it is a politicized irruption of defiance."

    Syrians Unleash the Power of Creative Dissent David Feith 2012

  • Olympic bobsled driver due to becoming legally blind from a degenerative eye disease known as Keratoconus where the cornea (outer lens) herniates out.

    Vision to Win Gold Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler 2010

  • Olympic bobsled driver due to becoming legally blind from a degenerative eye disease known as Keratoconus where the cornea outer lens herniates out.

    Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler: Vision to Win Gold Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler 2010

  • Olympic bobsled driver due to becoming legally blind from a degenerative eye disease known as Keratoconus where the cornea (outer lens) herniates out.

    Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler: Vision to Win Gold 2010

  • Which is the least of his problems, because pressure alone brings more bleeding, which only increases the pressure and brings yet more bleeding until his brain physically shifts to one side or herniates, in which case the game is pretty much over.

    Stalin's Ghost Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 2007

  • Identified almost a century ago, the Arnold-Chiari malformation occurs when the bottom of the brain herniates, or protrudes, through the hole in the skull where the spinal cord descends.

    Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

  • Identified almost a century ago, the Arnold-Chiari malformation occurs when the bottom of the brain herniates, or protrudes, through the hole in the skull where the spinal cord descends.

    Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

  • Between the two sets of fibers is a gap in the support of the esophageal wall, through which the wall herniates owing to the pressure of food propelled by the oblique fibers, O, advance of the bolus being resisted by spasmodic contraction of the orbicular fibers,

    Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911

  • The mullahs have appointed themselves the enemy of fun; as a result, wherever fun herniates into view, it is a politicized irruption of defiance.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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