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herniae

herniae is the plural of hernia.

Meaning of hernia

Noun

hernia (plural hernias or herniae or (dated) herniæ)

  1. A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
    • give someone a hernia

Forms of herniae

alternative formherniæ
alternative formhernias

Questions about herniae

What is herniae the plural of?
Herniae is the plural of hernia.

Words near herniae in the dictionary

  1. Hernes
  2. Hernes Oak
  3. herness
  4. herni-
  5. hernia
  6. herniae
  7. hernial
  8. hernial sac
  9. hernial sacs
  10. herniarin
  11. herniary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: herniae (page history and authors); hernia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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