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hernia

noun as in rupture

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Hamid, the first-choice goalkeeper, made his first appearance of the season, returning after preseason hernia and calf injuries.

Playing through the injury led to more issues, including a sprained ankle, a sports hernia and wrist trouble.

My hernia was definitely feeling the extreme nature of the games by this point.

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I had a hernia and my scheduled repair surgery was a month away.

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Frustrated by my hernia, I decided there was no way I was going the whole day without at least a little skating, so I started cruising between vendor tables and cutting underneath them to exit the next aisle over.

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He was afraid he had a hernia (which is common, with all the yelling they do).

Prince Harry, a friendly creature of limited intelligence, was having an op to repair an umbilical hernia.

One of these is the liability to inguinal hernia, or rupture, which leads to much suffering and frequent death in man.

Hernia was Chauliac's specialty, and in it his surgical judgment is admirable.

Chauliac discussed operations for hernia very conservatively.

Then wait till you see him cut for calculus, or perform for hernia.

Nevertheless that he was a medical man, especially successful in treating hernia, is believed by everyone in and round Catania.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hernia, such as: breach, fissure, fracture, schism, burst, and cleavage.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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