herniate
/HH ER1 N IY0 EY0 T/verb
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Of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ: to protrude through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained, causing a hernia.
“When small bowel herniates into the groin, one has an inguinal hernia.”
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