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hernias

hernias 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 hernias

alternative formherniae

Phrases with hernias

Questions about hernias

What is hernias the plural of?
Hernias is the plural of hernia.

Words near hernias in the dictionary

  1. hernial
  2. hernial sac
  3. hernial sacs
  4. herniarin
  5. herniary
  6. hernias
  7. herniate
  8. herniated
  9. herniates
  10. herniating
  11. herniation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hernias (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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