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Definition of Herniates
1. herniate [v] - See also: herniate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herniates
Literary usage of Herniates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Under such circumstances what happens when a subtemporal opening is established
is this: the ventricle, already dilated, increases in size as it herniates ..."
2. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"As the nucleus pulposus herniates through the tear, it may bulge against the
posterior longitudinal ligament in the midline or rupture somewhat laterally to ..."
3. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"The base of the bladder herniates into the anterior vaginal fornix and forms a
cystocele without displacing the urethra or urethrovesical junction. 3. ..."
4. Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson (1914)
"Between the two sets of fibers is a gap in the support of the esophageal wall,
through which the wall herniates owing to the pressure ..."
5. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy by Chevalier Jackson (1922)
"... through which the wall herniates owing to the pressure of food propelled by
the oblique fibers, O, advance of the bolus being resisted by spasmodic ..."
6. Thoracic resection for tumors growing from the bony wall of the chest by Frederick William Parham (1899)
"The skin is drawn in on inspiration and is pushed out in expiration. On forced
expiration or in coughing the lung herniates through the opening, ..."