strangulated hernia
Americannoun
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Mr Iles died from a strangulated hernia that cut off the blood supply to his heart at 17:10 GMT on 19 March.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2022
The most common cause of death: strangulated hernia.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2016
THE BUILDUP: The fight was originally scheduled for Nov. 16, 1964, at the Boston Garden, but three days earlier, Ali needed emergency surgery for a strangulated hernia.
From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2016
Recently, we called an ambulance from the nearest township when my mother-in-law came down with a bad case of strangulated hernia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mason describes the case of a man of sixty-five who, after death by strangulated hernia, was opened, and two inches from the ileocecal valve was found an earthen egg-cup which he had swallowed.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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