herniate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 8
/ˈhɜː(ɹ)nieɪt/
Definition of herniate
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)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 the small intestine herniates into the groin, one has an inguinal hernia.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From hernia + -ate. By surface analysis, herni- + -ate.
Words you can make from herniate
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23 words5-letter words
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2-letter words
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