inguinal hernia
Americannoun
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup d'etat, underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair an inguinal hernia, his wife said.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
Baker said tests showed Cave Rock had a congenital inguinal hernia.
From Washington Times • Aug. 21, 2023
He was not permitted to phone his family until 16 months into his detainment, and the embassy said he did not have access to English-speaking doctors for a preexisting inguinal hernia.
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2020
It’s a type of injury called an inguinal hernia, it’s quite common actually — just not in quite such dramatic circumstances.
From The Verge • Dec. 6, 2018
The inguinal hernia should be pressed upwards, outwards and backwards, the femoral hernia downwards, backwards and upwards.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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