Usually means: Bulging of an organ tissue.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. herniate: Merriam-Webster
  2. herniate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. herniate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. herniate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. herniate: Wiktionary
  6. herniate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. herniate: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. herniate: Dictionary.com
  9. herniate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. herniate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. herniate: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (herniate)

verb:  (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.

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