Hernia

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

The name given to the protrusion of an internal organ, specially a part of the intestines.