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hernioid

hernioid adjective: resembling a hernia.

Adjective

hernioid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling a hernia.

Origin of hernioid

From hernia + -oid. By surface analysis, hernio- + -id.

Questions about hernioid

What does hernioid mean?
Hernioid means resembling a hernia.
What part of speech is hernioid?
Hernioid is an adjective.

Words near hernioid in the dictionary

  1. Hernici
  2. Hernician
  3. Hernicians
  4. Herning
  5. hernio-
  6. hernioid
  7. herniology
  8. hernioplasty
  9. herniorraphy
  10. herniorrhaphies
  11. herniorrhaphy

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