Sample Sentences forhernia (editor-reviewed)
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It was a routine hernia operation.hernia = a rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes -- most commonly in men with an intestine protruding in the groin area
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Anything that causes an increase in pressure in the abdomen can then cause a hernia, such as lifting heavy objects or constipation.
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She asked Eloise, "Just exactly what is a hernia, anyway?" (source)
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No one had ever tested us for hernia or color blindness.† (source)
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It'd be the same situation if you had a heart murmur, or a hernia, or whatever.† (source)
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Will you tell me what happened before I have a hernia?† (source)
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Not to mention he had had to keep his stomach muscles clenched to prevent a hernia.† (source)
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Safer except you'll get four hernias your first week.† (source)
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After all, Marion-bhaiya took care of my hernia so lovingly.† (source)
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He could come through other people's tonsillectomies without suffering any postoperative distress, and even endure their hernias and hemorrhoids with only mild nausea and revulsion.† (source)
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She predicted her father's hernia; all the earthquakes and other natural disturbances; the one and only time snow fell in the capital, freezing to death the poor people in their shantytowns and the rosebushes in the gardens of the rich; and the identity of the murderer of schoolgirls long before the police discovered the second corpse; but no one believed her, and Severo did not want her giving her opinion on matters concerning criminals who were not related to the family.† (source)
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The congressional investigation concluded that these companies had failed to report "serious injuries such as fractures, concussions, major cuts, hernias, some requiring hospitalization, surgery, even amputation."† (source)
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For a long time the water in the cisterns had been honored as the cause of the scrotal hernia that so many men in the city endured not only without embarrassment but with a certain patriotic insolence.† (source)
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A surgeon allowed Missing to fix complex fractures, remove goiters and other tumors, perform skin grafts for burns, repair strangulated hernias, take out enlarged prostates or cancerous breasts, or drill a hole in the skull to let out a blood clot pressing against the brain.† (source)
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She ended up having to have surgery for a double hernia before we returned to the States, which everyone, to this day, blames me for.† (source)
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Dear Dr. Giles, ....in Ethiopia we classify hernias as "below the knee" and "above the knee," not "direct" or "indirect."† (source)
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