This entry is about the word "Hernia" from the story "Betrayal" by "Patrica Duncker". That story was kinda hard to understand when I read it first time, especially because of the sex of characters involved in the story. I could not figure out one is male or female the first 
time.
time. Well, hernia is basically like a bubble or ball sticking out from a bigger object of the same material. Technical terms follows.
"A hernia is a protrusion of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained. The hernia has 3 parts: the orifice through which it herniates, the hernial sac, and its contents."
"A hernia may be likened to a failure in the sidewall of a pneumatic tire. The tire's inner tube behaves like the organ and the sidewall like the body cavity wall providing the restraint. A weakness in the sidewall allows a bulge to develop, which can become a split, allowing the inner tube to protrude, and leading to the eventual failure of the tire."
source>www.wikipedia.com
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