different between hernia vs bursten

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). See also yarn and cord.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)ni?

Noun

hernia (plural hernias or herniae or herniæ)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Neriah, Rehani, hairen, hearin'

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *??er-. Cognates include Sanskrit ??? (hira), Ancient Greek ????? (khord?), and Old English ?earn (English yarn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?her.ni.a/, [?h?rniä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?er.ni.a/, [??rni?]

Noun

hernia f (genitive herniae); first declension

1. protruded viscus, hernia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

All descendants are borrowed.

References

• hernia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hernia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?nja/, [?e?.nja]

Noun

hernia f (plural hernias)

1. (pathology) hernia

Derived terms

Anagrams

• herían

English

Etymology

From Middle English bursten, ibursten, from Old English borsten, ?eborsten, from Proto-Germanic *brustanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brestan? (“to burst”). More at burst.

Verb

bursten

1. (now rare) past participle of burst.

Adjective

bursten (comparative more bursten, superlative most bursten)

1. Burst; broken; ruptured.
2. Affected with a rupture or hernia.

Derived terms

• burstenness

Anagrams

• Brunets, Butners, brunets, bunters, burnest, burnets, subrent