#rupture.harm state of being torn or burst open
supertype: harm__injury__hurt__trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
subtype: hernia__herniation rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes
subtype: colpocele__vaginocele hernia projecting into the vagina
subtype: cystocele__colpocystocele hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth
subtype: rectocele__proctocele protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth
subtype: diverticulum a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ (especially the colon)
subtype: Meckel's_diverticulum a congenital diverticulum in the ileum resulting from incomplete closure of the yolk sac
subtype: eventration protrusion of the intestine through the abdominal wall
subtype: exomphalos an umbilical hernia at birth in which some abdominal organs push into the umbilical cord
subtype: hiatus_hernia__hiatal_hernia__diaphragmatic_hernia__diaphragmatichernia hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm
subtype: inguinal_hernia hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal; the most common type of hernia in males
subtype: keratocele hernia of the cornea
subtype: laparocele hernia through the abdomen
subtype: umbilical_hernia__umbilicalhernia__omphalocele protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth
subtype: herniated_disc__herniateddisc__ruptured_intervertebral_disc__slipped_disc__slippeddisc a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
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