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A HERNIA due to an imperfect closure or weakness of the umbilical ring. It appears as a skin-covered protrusion at the UMBILICUS during crying, coughing, or straining. The hernia generally consists of OMENTUM or SMALL INTESTINE. The vast majority of umbilical hernias are congenital but can be acquired due to severe abdominal distention.
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- Hernia, Umbilical
- Hernias, Umbilical
- Umbilical Hernias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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80; was UMBILICAL HERNIA 1963-79
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Umbilical Hernia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006554. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006554
- Umbilical Hernia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilical_hernia
- Umbilical Hernia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2737426