Definitions for hiatus hernia

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hia′tus(n.)

(or hia′tal ) her′nia

protrusion of part of the stomach through the esophageal cleft of the diaphragm.
Category: Pathology

Princeton's WordNet

hiatus hernia, hiatal hernia, diaphragmatic hernia(noun)
hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm

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