Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hiatus_hernia

1 sense of hiatus hernia

Sense 1
hiatus hernia, hiatal hernia, diaphragmatic hernia -- (hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm)
       => hernia, herniation -- (rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes)