herniation

Other forms of herniation

plural

herniations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about herniation

What does herniation mean?

herniation means "rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes".

How many syllables are in herniation?

herniation has 5 syllables: her-ni-a-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for herniation?

Close synonyms include hernia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is herniation a common word?

herniation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.