plural of Herne

A coastal town in northern Kent, England. / A suburb on Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand.

A suburb of London, in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3274). / A named road in the above area (postcode SE24). / A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

(medicine) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

(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.

present participle of herniate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of herniate

Having or forming a hernia.

simple past tense and past participle of herniate

Of or relating to a hernia.