All hernia synonyms

noun hernia

• fissure — a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
• schism — division or disunion, especially into mutually opposed parties.
• fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
• breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
• division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
• burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
• tear — the act of tearing.
• rent — an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure.
• crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
• cleavage — A woman's cleavage is the space between her breasts, especially the top part which you see if she is wearing a dress with a low neck.
• cleft — A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
• parting — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
• herniation — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• split — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.