And if it swells with -- with the skull in place, it will just what we call herniate, move down into the spinal canal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2006] Reference
The brain has nowhere to swell; and if it swells with the skull in place, it'll just -- what we call herniate, move down into the spinal canal and that can cause death. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2006] Reference
The Gauss curve will herniate toward the excellent. From Wordnik.com. [Gravity's Rainbow]
ROBERTS: You know, you can probably herniate your finger if you try to do that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2008] Reference
Omphalocele causes the abdominal organs to herniate (protrude) into the base of the umbilical cord. From Wordnik.com. [Omphalocele] Reference
And if there's bleeding inside of that skull, as it expands, that pressure can cause the brain to essentially herniate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2009] Reference
An omphalocele is a birth defect that causes the abdominal organs to herniate or protrude into the base of the fetus's umbilical cord. From Wordnik.com. [Omphalocele -- Hughes] Reference
At some point during my early to mid-teens, I managed to severely herniate three disks in my lower lumbar spine L3-L5, for the morbidly curious. From Wordnik.com. [seanan_mcguire: Invisible conditions and the hyperkinetic author.] Reference
A congenital anomay in the abdominal wall in which the abdominal organs herniate (protrude) through the abdominal wall into the base of the umbilical cord. From Wordnik.com. [Glossary] Reference
Oh, and all the violent coughing I was doing caused me to re-herniate a disc in my lower back that I'd previously injured at the end of last summer/early fall. From Wordnik.com. [you had to be a pig shot, didn't cha] Reference
The patient coughed, her abdominal sutures break and her intestines herniate. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Sometimes they herniate, or rupture, so the gel-like center leaks and pressures a nerve. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
There are these things called disks between the vertebrae, and they bulge, disintegrate and herniate. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Justice] Reference
Over time, that intervertebral disc can herniate (project) into the space that is occupied by the nerve. From Wordnik.com. [Tomahawk Nation] Reference
Langfitt Curve CLINICALPRESENTATIONAND DIAGNOSIS bloated hemisphere starts to herniate, and the medium line suffers a deviation. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The brain can herniate as pressure forces it down into the space where the spinal cord communicates with the brain, causing death. From Wordnik.com. [ta tvnz national headlines auto group] Reference
While the standard operation works for most people, he estimated that 5 to 15 percent of patients re-herniate the same disc through the hole left in the annulus. From Wordnik.com. [news | GT | http://www.gadsdentimes.com] Reference
If this pressure is not relieved the brain will herniate or be pushed down the opening of the brain stem or one of the other openings in the skull, causing death. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Surgery] Reference
When she turned her attention to us we enquired about a room and she barked at the sullen looking young man, who was warily eyeing our packs, as if calculating how many discs he stood to herniate by attempting to lift them. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Between these circular fibers (the cricopharyngeal muscle) and the oblique fibers of the inferior constrictor muscle there is a weakly supported point through which the esophageal wall may herniate to form the so-called pulsion diverticulum. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
"It would suggest to me that the baby did not herniate, and with-herniation is what I was talking about, where the baby's brain is pushed through the skull. From Wordnik.com. [Cruel Deception]
"When you continue stretching the lip muscle rather than contracting it when attempting to play high, then the lip muscle itself-which is a big oval-shaped muscle which encompasses both the top and the bottom lip-can herniate. From Wordnik.com. [Articles - JazzTimes] Reference
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