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hernia

[hur-nee-uh] / ˈhɜr ni ə /


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She called a neighbor, who took him to the hospital for emergency hernia surgery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

In March 2024, he underwent hernia surgery, before having the operation on his enlarged prostate in December of the same year.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

The ignominy was something he could have carried with him, but the 23-year-old has been forced back into action after Guglielmo Vicario had hernia surgery last month.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

Vaginal mesh implants are described as medical devices - hernia mesh is used in men.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2026

Or Reginald, especially, who was weak with his hernia condition, and who looked up to me as his big brother who looked out for him, as I looked up to Wilfred.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

Minute herniae at these openings are sometimes present.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Nance, Willis O.

McLarnon said it is an issue that has affected men as well, with mesh implants for hernias.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2026

Eisenberger, who is married with two children, had a pair of hernias and put off surgery as long as he could.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

The Dodgers’ Kiké Hernández struggled for two seasons before Dr. William Meyers discovered he suffered from not one but two sports hernias.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2024

Doctors not linked to the pope’s care said hernias were a known complication after previous operations and typically only become problematic when patients develop a bulge in their abdomen and experience significant pain.

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2023

He could come through other people’s tonsilectomies without suffering any postoperative distress, and even endure their hernias and hemorrhoids with only mild nausea and revulsion.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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