Definition of herniate in English English dictionary
The protrusion of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained, causing a hernia
When small bowel herniates into the groin, one has an inguinal hernia.
Condition of the intervertebral disc, whereby some of the material which makes up the disc shifts to a position which irritates the nearby nerve for that spinal area
It is a focal protrusion of disc material beyond the posterior margins of the vertebral endplates The disc margin has an irregular morphology The annular layers may be partially or completely torn