inguinal hernia

1. 1.

   hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal; the most common type of hernia in males

   Broaderhernia

Questions about inguinal hernia

What does inguinal hernia mean?

inguinal hernia means "hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal; the most common type of hernia in males".

Is inguinal hernia a common word?

inguinal hernia 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.