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herniation

[hur-nee-ay-shuhn] / ˌhɜr niˈeɪ ʃən /


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When Jaden was finally diagnosed with acquired Chiari, or a brain herniation caused by a spinal fluid leak, in November 2014, doctors rushed him into brain surgery.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2023

He missed the start of the season after undergoing microdiscectomy for a lumbar disc herniation.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

Although a disk herniation definitely can be a possible cause of pain irradiating in the leg, it is only rarely a cause of local back pain.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 21, 2023

In 1997, with the O’s in a pennant race with the Yankees, Ripken played with a herniation in a back disk for 52 straight games.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2020

At the postmortem there was found a defect in the diaphragm on the left side, permitting herniation of the stomach and first part of the duodenum into the left pleural cavity.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle


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