(n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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