hernial, a.
(ˈhɜːnɪəl)
[f. prec. + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to hernia; chiefly in hernial sac.
| 1736 Amyand in Phil. Trans. XXXIX. 330 The Abscess formed in the Hernial Bag occasionally. 1811 Hooper Med. Dict. s.v. Hernia, When the hernial contents..admit of being readily put back into the abdomen, it is termed a reducible hernia. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 645 A hernial tumour..is composed of a sac with its contents and the soft parts covering it. |